RyRySays

I started work last week at my local District Attorney's office. For fear of getting dooced, I'm not going to talk too much about it, but there are a few things I want to share. First of all, it never fails to amaze me that people show up to court in flip flops, jeans etc. I especially love the people on trial for possession who are wearing Bob Marley t-shirts. It's all kinds of crazy in district court.

The second thing is that I got to try my first case last week! I lost it, but as the judge told me later, I didn't have a choice; I couldn't dismiss because the victim was there and wanted to press charges, but I couldn't win because she wasn't scared thus she failed to meet an element of the charge. It went ok though, the judge was really nice and talked to me afterwards. I also got ribbed by a defense attorney during a plea bargain, but they've all been really nice to me so far. I'm starting to think about prosecuting when I graduate. We'll see how the rest of the summer goes.