My cousin got in trouble, but he has never been arrested before. I think the District Attorney is prosecuting him way too hard. I want to contact the DA's office and explain to them that my cousin isn't such a bad guy and that he shouldn't get 5-10 years, but instead a county sentence or probation. Is it ok to contact the DA?
In my experience, I generally tell all people who ask me this question to NOT contact the DA. Sometimes people even ask me about contacting the Judge and I tell them never to contact the Judge. I digress.
The real reason I tell people not to contact the DA is because they have no idea how the DA will use their conversation against their loved one. For example if you were to say that your cousin knows better, the DA could turn around at sentencing and say to the Judge, even his family admitted to me on the phone that he knows better. Hit this clown tough, he KNOWS BETTER.
Contacting the DA is generally a bad idea. I have ever only had one occasion where it was to my client's benefit.Labels: contacting the district attorney, sentencing