Why I do it

Many people like to ask me, or make fun of me, because I work for the Miami-Dade Public Defenders office. Why do you work your hardest to make sure "guilty" people go free. You know what? I do it because James Madison wanted it so. The Framers of the Constitution made it my job. All defendants in criminal trials are guaranteed an attorney. All must be informed of their constitutional rights before their statements can be used against them in court. And why? Because the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty. That is the highest standard, and Madison & Co. wrote it that way. Without reasonable doubt, tyranny takes over. If our country and its justice system is willing to allow a guilty man go free so that the constitution is upheld, then tyranny is held in abeyance and we can sleep well in the knowledge that an innocent man will always go free.