It’s the question I get all the time: How can you defend someone you know is guilty? Especiall if it’s a horrible crime. It’s easy to reply “it’s my job,” “everyone has a right to a trial,” “I have an ethical duty…blah, blah, blah.” All true but there’s the human part of every lawyer that is repulsed by …
When a lawyer represents an accused person, which choices are reserved for the lawyer and which ones for the client?
Of course, in any lawyer/client relationship the people involved will determine who makes the decisions. However, in criminal cases there are two main decisions that only the client can make—
1. The decision to plead guilty or to …
The media have gone wild again with the hint that Adrian Peterson may reach a plea bargain in his criminal case. He’s accused of beating his four-year old son with a stick.
What is a plea bargain? Does it lead to justice?
After more than thirty years of work as a prosecutor and a defense lawyer, I’ve participated …
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