[KevinB]

Here's an article on this issue you may find interesting. It's a bit California-centric, but it's consistent with the rules in both states in which I'm admitted.

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.

[ClearCase_guy]

Thanks for the article.

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.