Just to win your case? Even if hes a rapist, child molestor or a killer?
2006-09-28 09:49:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
First of all, defendants don't have to prove innocence.
The burden falls upon the prosecution to make their case.
2ndly, it's not up to the lawyer to make a determinative decision of guilt or innocence.
A lawyer is bound to provide the best possible defense to his client.
Even a guilty client deserves a fair trial.
2006-09-28 09:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lawyers are obliged to defend their client, no matter what they believe, to the best of their ability. They can however, if the client admits the offense and all the elements are present, withdraw from the case. There is another school of thought, that if the client says he is guilty, the lawyer will ask him 'When did you become an Appeal Court Judge'. In some cases, where the evidence suggests that the client is guilty, the lawyer may ask the prosecution to prove their case, cross examine the witnesses and make application to the judge that there is no case to answer. If this fails, he will then plead his client guilty but will not permit him to give evidence................
2006-09-28 16:57:15 · answer #2 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LAW is a noble profession and it is the foremost duty of the lawyer to save his client. If a rapist, killer or molestor serving sentence in jail gets cancer, will he not be treated by the State and operated by the doctors.
2006-09-29 09:18:51 · answer #3 · answered by Seagull 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lawyers don't defend their clients "just to win" it's because everyone is entitled to qualified legal representation. it happens many time though that the defendants cannot afford their legal counsel so the public defenders do as best a job as possible while still trying to keep their business afloat by representing PAYING clients. Realistically, the paying clients get better representation than the non paying.
besides that, the attorneys use the law and it's rules to gain their client's freedom - they do not get emotionally involved in the guilt or non guilt of their clients.
2006-09-28 16:59:09 · answer #4 · answered by island3girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lawyer has an ethical duty to represent his client zealously, regardless of whether or not he believes he is innocent. However, a lawyer cannot let his client testify to anything that the lawyer knows to be false.
2006-09-28 16:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
what they are suppose to do and what they actually do are 2 different things. they will take your money and say they are doing something you trust them and next thing you know your doing prison time and there is nothing you can do about it.
2006-09-28 21:20:27 · answer #6 · answered by nellie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
indeed i do. i am a capitalist. my idiot moron clients pay me to get them acquitted....i do it because they are morons and keep getting caught and i keep cashing the checks!!!
2006-09-29 14:24:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they take an oath to do so, therefore they should
2006-09-28 16:52:17 · answer #8 · answered by lefty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋