Re:Do You Have the Right to Plead Not Guilty When Your Lawye...
by SilasX on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:01PM
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So... you're agreeing or disagreeing that a lawyer can ethically represent a client who he believes "did it" by arguing that the evidence is insufficient?
If you agree, that's walking back on your original comment; if you disagree, that seems to go sharply against 1/2/3.
Edit: As the others note, this is going sharply against well-known legal principles. Do you have any authoritative citation that UK lawyers can't represent clients at all on a not-guilty plea while believing them to have "done it"?
If you agree, that's walking back on your original comment; if you disagree, that seems to go sharply against 1/2/3.
Edit: As the others note, this is going sharply against well-known legal principles. Do you have any authoritative citation that UK lawyers can't represent clients at all on a not-guilty plea while believing them to have "done it"?