• Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    You’re really arguing that a defense attorney’s job isn’t to get their client out of trouble (or in other words, defend them)? Do you realize how ridiculous that is?

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        8 months ago

        From your link:

        For several reasons, lawyers should defend their clients vigorously regardless of whether or not they believe them to be innocent.

        From your previous post:

        Many defense attorneys aren’t there to get their clients out of trouble

        Their job is specifically to get their clients out of trouble.

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          8 months ago

          This should not be hard to understand.

          The police find that man A kills man B. A is now the defendant in a criminal trial. The job of A’s lawyer is to introduce facts that improve the outcome of the trial. Sometimes, that’s fighting because there isn’t enough evidence available to assert that man A actually killed man B. Other times, it’s getting their client to plead guilty because it’s the easiest thing to do in a case that they’re guaranteed to lose. Other times, it’s to get a lesser sentence because B was abusive to A and A couldn’t escape. It could be that A was acting in self defense.

          Removing all nuance and saying that the one and only goal is to get their clients out of trouble is incorrect. Not every defendant is guilty, and not every criminal needs the maximum punishment.