The Critical Role of Defense Attorneys - All Things Crime w/ Lucas Hirsty

For most of us, the title of defense attorney carries as negative a connotation as a door-to-door vacuum salesman. But in our criminal justice system, a robust defense of any defendant, guilty or not, is imperative for a fair and just society to exist.

Lucas Hirsty is a public defender in San Diego, California, and strongly believes in ensuring his clients receive a fair trial. During our discussion, he said something that I've never heard before though, and that is that he views his job and responsibility to be to ensure the investigators, the prosecution, and the judge are doing their jobs much more than just "getting his client freed" as most of us view defense attorneys. It was actually refreshing to hear that!

Lucas also hosts the podcast Members of the Jury. Make sure to check it out!

All Things Crime is a new, comprehensive video series that will explore every aspect of crime and the ensuing investigation, one video interview at a time.

The host, Jared Bradley, is the President of M-Vac Systems, which is a wet-vacuum-based forensic DNA collection system and has experience traveling the world training all levels of law enforcement and crime lab DNA analysts in using the M-Vac to help solve crime. Along the way he has met people from all walks of life and experience in investigating crimes, so is putting that knowledge to use in another way by sharing it in these videos.

If you are interested in more videos about the M-Vac, DNA, and investigations, also check out the M-Vac's channel https://www.youtube.com/@UC4TgqlFFXuAoTPD-QkDKyog

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