OfflineFACTS: You find the prosecutor and defense attorney in a criminal case are very very close.One is female the other male.These two attended the same law school.They were in the same class.They graduated together.They hung out a lot and lived a couple of doors from each other.Very possibly intimate,almost sure of it but yet to be proven because I haven't pursued the matter.Would this constitute unethical behavior on their part?
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tdavis12121@yahoo.com
November 21, 2009
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Meaningful Coincidences are Significant
However, in this case, by what you are describing, you are making a lot of assumptions.
The main one is , "Very possibly intimate,almost sure of it but yet to be proven because I haven't pursued the matter."
All the others are just commonalities with little value. We could have all grew up in a small town, went to the same school, church, or other social functions and graduated in the same class. Gender while the opposite, means as little as if both were or shared common traits or similarities in other aspects, such as sports ect.
Of course, adversarial lawyers in a similar action having close or intimate relationships would be unethical if this was true.
There are two sides of a coin, but tossing them in the air does not mean they will land 50/50.