Missouri Law Review Volume 64 Issue 2 Spring 1999 Article 2 Spring 1999 Case against Plea Bargaining Child Sexual Abuse Charges: Deja Vu All over Again, The Peter T. Wendel Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/mlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Peter T. Wendel, Case against Plea Bargaining Child Sexual Abuse Charges: Deja Vu All over Again, The, 64 MO. L. REV. (1999) Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/mlr/vol64/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at University of Missouri School of Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Missouri Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Missouri School of Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Wendel: Wendel: Case against Plea Bargaining Child Sexual Abuse Charges: The Case Against Plea Bargaining Child Sexual Abuse Charges: "Deja Vu All Over Again" Peter T. Wendel* There are few people in this world more despicable than child molesters.' I never dreamed that I would ever represent someone accused of such a heinous act.2 Like most lawyers, I went to law school to "save the world," or at least to try to make it a better place. But there really aren't many "save the world" cases out there, and they're usually pro bono. As a relatively young, debt laden attorney, I quickly realized that my chances of getting a "save the world" case were slim to none. That didn't mean I had to accept an accused child molester as a client, but frankly, I needed the money.