In this section, the interview data is supplemented by that drawn from the partici­pant observation, concerning how lawyers tackled questions of outcomes when going about their work.

When deciding the direction of a case, it appeared that lawyers often spoke over their clients, pointing towards a strained lawyer-client relationship. My research depicts a pervading ideology in which lawyers tasked themselves with securing guilty pleas from clients.

As with the interview data, particular extracts from the participant observation are presented here - subject to minimal analysis - to provide a candid depiction of the situation witnessed. For ease of understanding, though, this is organised into the following areas:

1. Standard Guilty Pleas - the extent to which lawyers routinely expected clients to plead guilty.

2. Pressure - the level at which advice to plead guilty became coercion.

3. Prosecutors - the degree to which lawyers were complicit with the prosecution in ensuring guilty pleas.