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View submission: The Ethics of Defense Lawyers
“When I asked my friend how he is able to ignore his personal ethics/morals while defending a client he knows is guilty, he responded ‘because I trust the system’. When I queried some more, he indicated that he is more easily able to push past those personal boundaries by having faith that the justice system (and ultimately the jury) will do what they’re supposed to do (i.e. find the defendant
Looks like their friend even told the author how lawyers think but -
That said I think this friend of mine may be in the minority.
And there it is- the author was told literally how lawyers think but instead of reconsidering, they attributed it to the “exceptionalism” of their friend... because of course THEIR friends are “exceptional”. *rolleyes*
There's nothing here!