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View submission: The Ethics of Defense Lawyers
You know what REALLY sucks? Representing someone and them pleading guilty when you KNOW they AREN’T guilty.
That shit keeps me up at night.
As a Canadian criminal defence lawyer, I've thankfully never been in that situation (there's no *Alford* or *nolo contendere* plea in Canada, and a lawyer cannot assist someone in pleading guilty if they know the person isn't guilty). But what *does* keep me up is the conviction (at trial) of a client I know or think is innocent. It's haunting.
There's nothing here!