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They say you are innocent until proven guilty. In America, you are guilty until you have the money to prove otherwise. When I was ten years old, I watched Legally Blonde for the first time, and I was completely hooked. It was not the pink heels or the tiny dog that captured me, but the courtroom itself. As silly as it sounds, that was the moment I knew I wanted to be a defense attorney. I believed the justice system was where truth won, where the innocent were protected, and
