http://www.affirmativelinks.com/faded-glory/ a group criminal defense blog Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:36:25 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.affirmativelinks.com/faded-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-43 DA Confidential Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:47:14 +0000 http://www.affirmativelinks.com/faded-glory/#comment-43 I agree completely. The other thing I've seen, twice now, is at the very moment of the judge reading the words "not guilty" the defense lawyer punching the air, a little rabbit punch, and hissing "Yeesss." Both times by younger lawyers, unsurprisingly, but both female. Everyone likes winning and no one likes losing, but I see those responses, like bragging afterwards, as unprofessional. I agree completely. The other thing I’ve seen, twice now, is at the very moment of the judge reading the words “not guilty” the defense lawyer punching the air, a little rabbit punch, and hissing “Yeesss.” Both times by younger lawyers, unsurprisingly, but both female.
Everyone likes winning and no one likes losing, but I see those responses, like bragging afterwards, as unprofessional.

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