My Client Confessed Privately: What Should I Do?
As conservatives, we have (or should have) a visceral distrust of government - and as we're seeing now, for very good reason. We need to have in place a mechanism that forces the government to make its case. The Constitution does a very good job of providing that mechanism.
Small excerpt:
As your client’s attorney, you are under no legal obligation to share his admission of guilt with anyone else. You are still bound by attorney-client privilege and must maintain the character of this respected tradition.
That's the current situation. As I understand it, a lawyer can get in trouble for deviating from this.
I think we need to change those rules and expectations and need to go in the opposite direction: I wish lawyers were obligated to relay such information directly to the judge. Currently that is not the case.
I wish lawyers were required to serve justice but unfortunately, they serve their client.