The prosecutor offered one of my older clients (who is looking at a significant amount of jail time) a really generous deal that would drop half of his charges, and knock off a massive amount of the required minimum sentence. When I went to the jail to show him the proposed deal and explain all of the terms and what if’s, he basically lost his mind.
“My record is CLEAN! I have NUTHIN' on there! That is NOT a deal. What kind of deal is that?! No. I can NOT go back to jail. My record is CLEAN. I ain’t ever done nuthin’! That is NOT a deal.”
This guy’s “clean record” includes a murder conviction, among other things.
With that line of thinking, I don't think I've ever had a client without a clean record. I think I'll start adopting that view in my own life when people ask me incriminating questions.
My record is CLEAN. I ain't ever done nuthin'. Ya heard?
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