[rant]In a perfect word, someone would give a shit that a criminal defendant in the County Sheriff's custody is being beaten every Monday on gang orders — badly enough to break ribs. In a perfect world, someone in the Sheriff's Department could be convinced to do something about it, and maybe even do something in a manner that would not increase the risk to the criminal defendant. (The Sheriff's Department is famous for moving people in a fashion suggesting to cellmates that the person being moved is a rat.) In a perfect world the prosecutor on the case might use his or her influence to keep the person being prosecuted from being routinely tenderized. (Actual response: "There's nothing I can do. So, will he take this deal?") In a perfect world, there would be a point to asking the judge to do something.

Hell, I'd settle for the client being willing to let me try to do something, rather than engaging in the macho "let it be" bullshit.[/rant]

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