• fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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    2 months ago

    IDK about “legally obligated”, but certainly professionally and ethically obligated.

    If someone commits a heinous crime, and you want them to rot in jail for 100 years, then you need them to have the strongest possible defence. Otherwise, they might be able to appeal their conviction, or the family of the accused may feel vindictive.

    Basically, if you want justice you need the best possible defence.

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      2 months ago

      If they don’t defend their client to the best of their ability, they are guilty of perverting the course of justice. It’s a legal obligation.

      The reason… is everything else you wrote.

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        2 months ago

        But which law says that specifically? It’s like people say companies are legally required to make profit for shareholders but can’t ever point to any actual laws

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          2 months ago

          The CEO of a company having a fiduciary obligation to the board and a lawyer to defend their client the best they can aren’t “actual laws” where a cop will arrest you. They are rules for the job and if you are not following these rules then you will be fired/lose your license to practice law.

          That’s probably why there is no law that people point out to you. It’s a job requirement.