Leave the Judging to the Judge

If we all abandoned each other when we made mistakes, there would be no authentic human relationships

The prosecutor stood up and asked the judge to bar me from the trial.

Some years ago, a friend of mine stood trial as the defendant in a high-profile case. I felt compelled to support him despite the controversial nature of the alleged crime. The circumstances were such that guilt or innocence was not an easy conclusion to reach. But as a friend and a pa…