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So, rack 'em. My cold case murder starts Monday. I can't sleep nights. I sweat. It is not fear. It is anticipation. I am a trial lawyer. This is what I do. All the frustration of this job is falling away. Every client who blames me. Every junkie who swears they want to get clean who I see back in a week. All the work. All the frustration. All the doubt. It is all falling away. This is all that matters. For Monday I go to battle for a man's life. I can barely contain my excitement. I am like a caged lion. Three more sleeps. Rack 'em. Damn!

Full post as published by A Public Defender's Life in Alaska on January 29, 2010 (boomark / email).