DRIVING INTO ST. LOUIS EARLY ONE MORNING, YEARS AGO, A RADIO AD CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. SOME SUAVE, OBVIOUSLY- BLACK, FEMALE ATTORNEY SOLICITED HER PROSPECTIVE CRIMINAL DEFENSE CLIENTS, TO WIT:
"THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER YOU ARE GOOD FOR IT, MY BROTHERS. INSTEAD, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT, THEY CAN PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, THAT YOU ARE, IN FACT, GOOD FOR IT? SO, CALL ME."