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| Some dead criminal files |
There
was a protest outside the courthouse today! I had to walk through it in order
to get inside. Hundreds of people were outside with signs and chants protesting
Big Pharm. They wanted an opioid manufacturing company to pay the public
billions instead of the millions they were already paying. I felt kind of weird
walking past the protest in my business clothes and into the building. There
were two deputies outside with guns watching the protesters who smiled and said
good morning to me as I walked in. I have participated in a lot of protests but
now I am on the other side. The good news is, the security guards somehow
learned that I was working for the Marshal and now I no longer have to go
through security.
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| Justin Herdman |
For my
work today I filed more fictional license reports (see last blog post). After I
finished that I got a more exciting assignment. The Marshal’s office has
hundreds of files on individual criminals, and occasionally a criminal dies. My
job was to take around 75 files of dead criminals and “clean them out”. This
meant removing all personal information and shredding it. It also meant I read
about 75 interesting criminals’ lives. Most of the criminals were either murderers
or rapists or drug smugglers. (Or all three). After destroying all of the
files, Susan set up a meeting with me and the US Attorney, Justin Herdman. She
knows I want to be a prosecutor and thought this would be a good experience for
me. I am so thankful she did. Mr. Herdman and I sat and chatted about law
school, and when he was a prosecutor in NYC. Two of his cases got turned into Law & Order episodes. He also
explained to me how to become a prosecutor and US Attorney, and said I could
contact him if I ever needed career assistance.
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