Lawyers filed hundreds of lawsuits claiming sterility based on pesticide exposure. Defense lawyers showed that most of the claimants had never even been exposed. A California state judge threw out the cases because of pervasive fraud. The lawyers? They skated.
With alarming regularity, ambitious prosecutors have convictions tossed out because they withheld evidence. Clear cases of prosecutorial abuse. The lawyers? They skated.
Is there a pattern here? Evidence is manufactured, altered and withheld, but the lawyers suffer no consequences. Why? It's not unlike the Senate ethics committee investigating one of its own. When the inquiry ends with the inevitable conclusion that there's no credible evidence of wrongdoing, are you really shocked? In California, one lawyer has just been disbarred for the third time. So much for the idea of a profession policing itself.
When other businesses get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, Congress holds hearings. But when lawyers get caught? Nine point eight. Almost a perfect score. Man, those lawyers can really skate.
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