Who Had The Worst Job?

[jonathan]

I believe the ministers/spiritual advisors had the most difficult job. I think the others mentioned, while their jobs certainly would not have been easy, would have been able to distance themselves maybe just a bit more. They would have been able to take a little more of that "I'm just doing my job" or "They made their bed, let them lie in it" attitude to help them deal with it all, whereas the ministers almost certainly would not have used that to fall back on. I believe they would have faced the reality of the situation head on, making it more difficult for them to cope.

I do suppose it depends on what exactly is meant by "difficult" though. If we're just talking about successfully performing the job at hand, then the lawyers for the accused (or presumed guilty by almost everybody, if you prefer) might have technically had the worst time. Bottom line though, it was rough for all of them.