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The mud slinging has begun for the 2016 presidential race. That means we have two more full years of these nonstop stories to look forward to.
Yay.
Apparently Fox news has come upon some tapes showing that Hillary admits to successfully defending a child rapist whom she knew was guilty and then laughing about it later.
My question is, isn't this what lawyers do? I mean, it's their job to lie, cheat, steal, do anything they have to do to win. After all, America has chosen lawyers to "represent" them, so I would think this does nothing but prove that Hillary is a "winner" and everyone knows that Americans love a winner.
Besides, Americans are not just indifferent about constantly being lied to by their representatives, they demand it!!
Lawyers are not supposed to lie to get a client acquitted and can be punished by the Bar when they do. All I can say is what I was taught in ethics class in law school. If a lawyer knows his client is guilty (let's say the client admits it) the lawyer may still represent him. However, the lawyer can not tell the jury the client is innocent, nor can the lawyer allow his client to testify and lie on the stand. The lawyer may attack the evidence anyway he can, and may strongly assert that the State has failed to prove its case; however he cannot tell the jury that his client did not commit the crime.
For example, the lawyer may say, “The evidence fails to establish the defendant had a motive for killing Mr. Brown. In fact, the evidence fails to show that the defendant was anywhere near Mr. Brown's house the night he was murdered. You have taken an oath to base your decision on the evidence regardless of how you may personally feel about the defendant, and based upon the evidence you must return a verdict of not guilty.” The attorney, however, cannot say, “The defendant did not murder Mr Brown. He had no motive for killing him and he was nowhere near Mr. Brown the night he was killed. I ask you to find the defendant not guilty.”
This is part of the code of ethical conduct for attorneys; however, I know that there are those attorneys who violate this code.