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To: iontheball

No.

Even the vilest offenders are entitled to confidential and professional legal representation. That’s the American way. Attorneys are bound by ethics and law to defend their clients and work for them in good faith.

A legal firm representing a guilty client isn’t obstructing justice. It’s just performing a difficult job as provided by our laws.


9,229 posted on 08/14/2009 1:06:51 PM PDT by Jedidah ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana)
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To: Jedidah

No, I beg to disagree. A lawyer can defend one who has committed a crime, but a lawyer becomes an accomplice when he/she participates in or facilitates the criminality with the principal in a continuing criminal enterprise.


9,232 posted on 08/14/2009 1:22:59 PM PDT by iontheball
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