Episode Details

Noah Pines spent seven years as a prosecutor in Georgia — weighing sentences, navigating cases, trying to be a fair voice inside a system that does not always reward fairness — before leaving to become a criminal defense attorney and discovering what the justice system looks like from the other side of the courtroom. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what being a Georgia prosecutor really required of him, why he left after seven years to defend the people he used to prosecute, what working Innocence Project cases and overturning twenty year wrongful conviction sentences actually involved, what the current problems with prosecutors in America actually look like from someone who spent seven years inside that world, and what representing people accused of the worst crimes available actually requires of the attorney who takes those cases.

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Connect with Noah Pines:

https://www.rossandpines.com/attorneys/noah-h-pines/

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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:

https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en

https://ianbick.com/

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction: Guilty People Walk 00:13 Meet Noah Pines: From Prosecutor to Defense 00:35 Growing Up Outside Philadelphia 00:56 Childhood and Family Influence 01:42 Parents' Careers and Early Law Exposure 02:32 Deciding to Go to Law School 03:39 Internships and Discovering Trial Law 05:20 What Makes a Good Trial Lawyer 06:44 The Physical Toll of Trials 08:11 Choosing to Become a Prosecutor 09:14 Prosecutorial Discretion and Dismissals 10:27 How Cases Reach Prosecutors 11:27 Arrests Without Charges and Records 12:06 Declining Police Investigations 13:07 Why Police Don't Investigate Anymore 14:08 Prosecutors' Duty to Get It Right 15:10 Building Judgment and Mentorship 16:34 Power of Young Prosecutors 17:29 Sending People to Prison: A Reality Check 18:16 Weighing Sentences in Difficult Cases 19:52 Is There a Just Sentence? 22:12 The Morality of Prosecuting Felonies 23:38 Prosecutorial Mindset and Mandatory Minimums 24:48 A Case for Mercy: Avoiding Life Without Parole 25:25 Dealing with Tough Prosecutors 28:00 Relationships with Prosecutors and Judges 29:05 Advice for New Lawyers 30:12 Telling Clients What They Need to Hear 31:43 The Risk of Trial and Plea Offers 32:52 Lawyer Egos and Slam Dunk Cases 35:53 A Slam Dunk Case That Was Lost 37:21 Guilty People Walk, Innocent People Go to Prison 37:22 Immunity Deals and Witnesses 38:22 Relationships with Judges 39:53 Judges Staying Too Long 41:04 Judicial Impartiality and Bias 42:39 The Turn-In Date Story 44:47 Why I Left the Prosecutor's Office 47:39 Going Back and Then Leaving for Good 48:53 Building a Defense Firm 50:02 Imp