if I was a lawyer required to defend a known murderer/rapist/soldier criminal?

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Kenneth Udut Leave a comment

I’d advise them to plead guilty and accept lesser charges and not go to court. This would be both for my client’s benefit and also for my own benefit, as I would look terrible in court trying to defend crimes like that.

But if I had to go to trial?

If I believed he was guilty, I would do everything that was required but no more. I wouldn’t botch the case but I wouldn’t be passionate either. I would just go through the technicalities and hope that the jury (if it’s a jury trial) weren’t a bunch of idiots.

I would be personally ethically guilty of evil however. That of apathy.
If at some future time, I was found guilty of crimes for having even defended the man I was required to (due to a change in government or whatever), I would accept my sentencing.

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