agent informed me that Mr. Copeland and Mr. Reed were going to be indicted if I didn’t plead guilty and cooperate with the U.S. Attorney. I thought it was a bluff,
but I had no way of knowing for sure. I told him to go to hell” TR:12.
The main character in this novel is also forced to plead guilty, even though he is not. He tells a lie in order to save his friends. In this case the main character figures showed that law
enforcement gets problematic. This is the unfair treatment that the author explains through the plot of the novel. Law enforcement should be fair, but in fact law enforcement threatened the main
character to plead guilty. This is an example of injustice in law enforcement.
b. Insufficient Evidence
Insufficient evidence is the second problem arising in law enforcement. This issue makes an innocent person could be imprisoned because evidence is important.
“Then there’s me. Malcolm Bannister, black, aged forty-three, convicted of a crime I had no knowledge of committing” TR:5.
Grisham shows that people in prison are not guilty at all, such as that is experienced by the main character Malcolm Bannister. Grisham told that the main character eventually is jailed because
he gets accused of a crime. Grisham shows the difficulty as a lawyer who fights to defend himself when he is entangled by legal cases.
During this time, I was vaguely aware of the name and reputation of a Beltway operative by the name of Barry Rafko or, more famously, Barry the Backhander.
He was about fifty years old and for most of his adult life had been rummaging around D.C. looking for a lazy way to make a buck. TR: 55
This novel tells about Bannister as a lawyer. Bannister has a client. This client is asking to handle the case. Bannister must handle the real estate transaction. Bannister as a lawyer works with
good jobs. It is the duty of a lawyer to resolve the client problems
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c. Unproffesional administration
Law enforcement must work professionally. A law officer must work according to the rule. Unprofessioanl administration makes law officer corrupt. It is not easy to achieve professional level.
There are needs to sacrifice for correcting this problem. In a ham-and-egg storefront law office, you learn the basics of many mundane legal
tasks, but it’s difficult to specialize. I tried to avoid divorce and bankruptcy and I never liked real estate, but to survive I often had to take who and what walked in
the door. Oddly, it would be real estate that brought about The Fall. TR:54
The third problems that arise in law enforcement are unproffesional administration and injurious behaviour. When Bannister is out of prison, he is not as a lawyer again. Now he is labeled
as a failed lawyer.
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“I shouldn’t call myself a lawyer, because technically I am not. The Virginia State Bar swept in and yanked my license shortly after I was convicted. The language is
right there in black and white —a felony conviction equals disbarment. I was
stripped of my license, and my disciplinary troubles were duly reported in the Virginia
Lawyer Register. Three of us were disbarred that month, which is about average” TR:1.
“Would it be fair to Bo to have his long-lost father reappear and insist on becoming part of
his life?”TR:3. “I’m not sure what I’ll do when this is over, but I have serious doubts about
resuming a legal career.”TR:7. Because of unprofessional administration, it makes the problem of Bannister as a major
character. He needs to sacrifice as the law enforcement. After the major character gets unfair treatment and insufficient evidence, Bannister gets the prison and also feels disadvantage. The first
sacrifice is his career was collapse. After geting the prison, Bannister career was collapse. He gets ten years in prison. If he gets out from prison, there are no people who believe him because of his
status as ex-convict. The people will be afraid because he can not help himself and help the other people or client.
3.2 Those Standing Against Law Enforcer
