http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/03/18/how-lawyers-kill-the-homeless/ Words from a Non-Leftist Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/03/18/how-lawyers-kill-the-homeless/#comment-1620 SoCal Moderate Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:03:26 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/03/18/how-lawyers-kill-the-homeless/#comment-1620 Well that was a joke, obviously. The reality is that defense lawyers have very little discretion - they represent their client's interest. In this case, it's a good bet that the client simply refused to go to treatment. What's a lawyer to do? Well that was a joke, obviously. The reality is that defense lawyers have very little discretion - they represent their client’s interest. In this case, it’s a good bet that the client simply refused to go to treatment. What’s a lawyer to do?

]]> http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/03/18/how-lawyers-kill-the-homeless/#comment-1599 TheBoss Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:48:34 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/03/18/how-lawyers-kill-the-homeless/#comment-1599 Just wanted to disassociate myself from this comment. The homeless need access to treatment for mental health and substance abuse, not a death sentence. I do think some homeless probably basically need to be "forced" into treatment, for public health reasons. I assume this is what the lawyers are fighting against. Just wanted to disassociate myself from this comment. The homeless need access to treatment for mental health and substance abuse, not a death sentence. I do think some homeless probably basically need to be “forced” into treatment, for public health reasons. I assume this is what the lawyers are fighting against.

]]> http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/03/18/how-lawyers-kill-the-homeless/#comment-1489 SoCal Moderate Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:54:07 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/03/18/how-lawyers-kill-the-homeless/#comment-1489 Maybe you're not giving the lawyers enough credit here. Given the relapse rates for chronic alcoholics, maybe they really were doing what they thought would get him off the streets the quickest - in which case they succeeded. Maybe you’re not giving the lawyers enough credit here. Given the relapse rates for chronic alcoholics, maybe they really were doing what they thought would get him off the streets the quickest - in which case they succeeded.

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