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Re:Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving ... by public_defender on Friday July 22, 2022 @07:07AM (#32190679)
No, of course not. I think the sibling comments give lots of clear reasons to discount the author (and to credit him). I only wanted to point out that the piece seems very one-sided. And of course I am one of nature's counterbalances to unfair prosecutor behavior, so I was summoned.

I'm joking a little, but to be completely serious, if I wrote an article like this, it would be rightly discounted by everyone unless I explained my perspective sufficiently to offset the bias which is assumed to travel with my role. This is uniquely true for criminal lawyers because we are known professionally for advocating only one side of causes, and it's uniquely pernicious for prosecutors because, though they too are one-sided in their advocacy, they benefit from a mis-assumption that they seek fairness or consider all sides of issues like this.

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