Every once in a while, you run into an incident in your life where the moral course of action is indistinguishable from the alternatives.  In these situations, the line between what is right and wrong, good and bad, is blurred to the point where no matter which path you choose, you feel great apprehension.  I recently started working at Legal Affairs, an organization that defends students against charges levied by the university.  This operates in addition to the legal consequences that they suffer in the criminal justice system outside of the university.  I had the opportunity to work a rape case, something that is always controversial, and I was tasked with defending the student charged with the crime. In order to defend someone who is accused of these things, you have to set yourself in a certain frame of mind.  You need to make sure you NEVER make a judgement about your “client’s” guilt or innocence.  It’s a really difficult line to walk.  I had to question his accuser, a girl who almost broke into tears during my interrogation, and I had blur details about the night in order to impress upon the hearing board panel that the case was simply his word against hers.  At the same time, through all the hours I spent with my client, I came to the conclusion that he was a genuinely nice guy, and had we met under different circumstances we would most certainly be friends.  He was even able to provide a common friend of the two who was able to back up his end of the story.  We won the trial, as there was no evidence to suggest that he had committed the act other than the girl’s testimony.

As you can see, sometimes things aren’t cut and dry.  Sometimes you have a situation where choosing a path or a side is going to hurt someone no matter which is picked.   Sometimes you have a situation where there is no way to know who is telling the truth.  It’s times like these that in the end, you are still going to look back and wonder if you chose correctly.  In order to stay sane, you need to push it out of your mind and move on.  Just remember that the world truly is shades of gray.

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