actually believe there clients are innocent? If you were a lawyer...could you defend someone you believe was guilty just for the plublicity or the money? How many lawyers outhere do you think their clients are guilty but are in it for the money?
2007-03-20 18:06:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
The way that a lawyer justifies taking on the case when believing his or her client maybe guilty is by justifying each person deserves a fair trial regardless if guilty or not. Other attorneys will also take the case in order to get the person's sentence reduced. In any event, no matter how many people hate lawyers, they are needed for those people who are actually innocent.
2007-03-22 15:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jason m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
- I don't think that lawyers always believe their client is innocent. In fact, if their client is guilty, it is important that they tell their lawyer so that their lawyer can prepare the best defense. Clients should be open and honest with their lawyer so that their lawyer can do their best.
- It doesn't matter what the lawyer knows or believes vs. what they argue. Hopefully their client tells them everything, but regardless, their job is to argue what their client wants within the bounds of legal ethics and the law. If the client comes to the lawyer and says "I killed 35 people and hacked their bodies into bits and buried them in my basement, but i want you to get me off," the lawyer's job is to do everything in their power to get that client off.
- It's not a matter of being in it "for the money". Lawyers who represent criminal defendants (a small number of all lawyers, by the way) don't generally make as much as many other types of lawyers. It is mostly out of a sense of justice and the need to keep the system working honestly and fairly for everyone.
2007-03-21 17:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by tivodan1116 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of me would like to believe that these lawyers are a necessary evil. In other words, what would our judicial system be without someone competant to defend these individuals?
If you were accused of a crime, wouldn't you want to have a lawyer who would make sure that due process and justice was being served? Without defence of the accused, our judicial system crumbles.
Now, would I defend someone I knew to be guilty just for the money? Of course not. But when do you have to trust that justice will prevail, knowing that someone must do the necessary "evil" of defending these guilty parties.
It's then on the prosecution to ensure justice is served.
2007-03-21 01:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This comes under singles and dating .... how???
2007-03-21 01:11:31 · answer #4 · answered by QueenBean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋