Violence/One Person Can Make a Difference: A Criminal Defense Attorney Reflects on the Case of Duc Ta

My first reaction to Duc Ta is recognition. I see the faces of my own clients and recall their life histories. Whatever violent or serious crime for which they are being charged, whatever has driven them into the police stations, juvenile halls, county jails, courts, and to lawyers like me, they invariably share one life experience - violence- especially family violence, along with other forms of abuse and neglect in their most innocent and formative years.