Charlotte, I know exactly what you are saying. Several years ago, while searching for a bad guy with an arrest warrant, the search led me to an old soccer field next to a muddy river. The banks of the river were covered with tall brush and weeds. I had just exited my police car when a bullet crashed into a chicken-wire fence that had been peviously used to keep the soccer balls from going into the river. I dropped my flashlight (it was starting to get dark and, as you know, a cop never knows where the trail will lead him or her) and rolled into a ditch. The next bullet that came from across the river struck my light exactly where I was standing! I crawled to the edge of the river and saw my guy aiming a long rifle in my direction, or at least the direction he thought I might be. I couldn't return fire because my handgun did not the the range and the weeds blocked my vision. I called for support and minutes later a Tulsa police helicopter came to my rescue. The bad guy was arrested for the warrant and attempted murder. On the witness stand the defense attorney tried to bully me. Little did he know I was very seasoned iofficer having spent many house tesifying, and I was able to turn the cross testimony around and started asking him questions about how could he possibly represent such a scumbag. The DA stepped in as well as the judge before I really got going, but it was still sweet during the brief moment. My bad guy got life without parole. In the hall after the jury trial, the defense attorney actually apologized to me and told me he followed the money. When I asked him about his morals and integrity, he said there wasn't any money in morals. I don't resent attorneys, but some should learn to develop socialistic manners and do what is right. I think they would still be able to financially support themselves, even by taking the cases that are more morally correct.