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C4 Georgetown Acton Wednesday Dec 1984 Young lawyers eagertobe prosecutors By ALEX Being a dynamo of strength or a tireless runner arm t prerequisite but being able to endure stress and hard work are characteristics needed for tbe ever more popular job of criminal prosecutor Blast come to the prosecutor Job at a Mil OpportunHIti easier than you to earn a year We Ira you to raise worms In your casement or garage Odorless Low in Market guaranteed Early Bird Ecology Free Storage Space EDS POWER BOATS about your Compel Soma till BOOK NOWI 8778891 Wanted to MO of Milton Call URGENTLY WANTED to rent Furnished or bedroom apartment In or near Acton one month January for parents 0 daughter Am being transferred daughter can finish semester Call young age said Hal ton Crown Attorney Jim Treleaven and it is a young man job When they it is usually for a more lucrative private practice made possible as a result of experience as a prosecutor However said Treleaven the stress can make the change necessary It takes about five years experience for a prosecutor lo team all facets of the crown attorney role well he said In past years many left the field after only two or three years Now however only one of Halton four assistant crowns has less than five years experience in the region and he is close five said Treleaven Thelengthof stay now is approaching five to 10 years before a move on to private practice or the bench is contemplated he added One of the reasons prosecutor has become such a soughtafter job is that there is a surplus of lawyers and resultant difficulty in setting up a practice The increasing popularity of the prosecutor s job among young lawyers is a phenomenon of about the last five years Most prosecutors come to the job at or of age after two or three years of experience following law school said And with the number who want to get into the field the crown s office gets the best graduates Starting pay is for an assistant crown attorney with the top level crown attorney earning about In me crown attorney four assistant crowns and 10 parttime crown handle about charges a year Although there is no serious backlog in trials here crowns could use more time for preparation before serious cases said Treleaven They probably lose some cases they could win if they had more tune he admitted Our legal system puts the onus on the crown to prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt while defence has only to raise a reasonable doubt Most crown cases are essentially prepared by the police The defence just has to wait and hope the crown makes a mistake that can be ex ploited said Treleaven From that point of view defence is easier he said But one of the drawbacks of being a defence lawyer is frequently having clients you don like The crown as the lawyer for the public or the victim doesn have this liability However the nature of the prosecutor s job can make one Jaded toward segments of the population It is easy he said to get in a state of mind such that you think all teenagers are bad To combat this feeling Treleaven makes a point of going to high schools to reassure himself that it is only the small minority of teenagers who are bad It therapeutic he explained In the past society has tended to view the defence lawyer as the good guy upholding the rights of the accused against the might trie state However that altitude has shifted to one snowing less sympathy for the law breaker This shift also shows up in the motivation some people wishing become prosecutors Some people said Treleaven genuinely want to rid society of criminals As a group prosecutors in Ontario handle about twice as many matters as those in other provinces For Ontario cases per prosecutor annually is normal he said But in the figure Is higher INSURANCE Fire Auto Homeowners Tenants Business Life All Claucs BARBER HENLEY LTD Main Si S Downtown Georgetown onMhbArfta 19JJ 8772214 ft industrial space ft office space total sprinkled and alarm system Zoning M Suitable lor any industrial use Ten mmutes Iron for HOUSE for SaleActoo ST9 storey bedroom large kitchen woodstove Double lot Garage For call PRIVATE bedroom da Split on treed lot Large living room dining room with walkout Large kitchen family room fireplace and walkout Large ingle garage with workshop Insulated to above standards J minutes walk to school located in Rock wood sWt0nCallaHer7prn AREA IS acres IWS ft paved J bedroom formal dining pato doors basatnenl garage barn Make an offer TOO Call Herb T7 Sits Johnson and Associates SCENIC ROCKWOOD A