Sipreano Rios

Every single day of my life I wake up thrilled that I have the honor of being a criminal defense lawyer.

            I am honored to be allowed to be a criminal defense lawyer because it is a job that our Founding Fathers believed to be so important to a free society that they wrote it into our Constitution. Take a look at the United States Constitution. Check where it says, “Sixth Amendment”. If you read the Sixth Amendment, you will find a part that says, “…and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense”. That’s        ME. That’s my job. That’s a criminal defense lawyer written right there into the blueprint for our society. The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution specifically guarantees the existence of my job. Not bad eh? Not very many people can say that their job is specifically identified and guaranteed by the United States Constitution. I can.

            When the vast and virtually unlimited resources of the Government are arrayed against a person accused of a crime, someone like me is guaranteed a chance to stand up for the accused. No matter what. It is a fundamental principle of our freedom. The honor of my job seemed to be self-evident to our Founding Fathers. How strange it is not so self-evident to many of the people who enjoy the freedom they created today.  (Quote taken from article witten by Don Murray)