Why do lawyers represent criminals? Do you approve of it?
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Of course I approve. If we didn't have lawyers then you could be arrested and tried for anything without a defense. Everyone is entitled to a defense. What if you were innocent? Your lawyer would be your best friend and only friend in some cases.
to represent their cases in a court of law.
everyone has the constitutional right to a fair trial.
absolutely, I approve of it.
SOmetimes they are not criminals.
well it is all about making sure someone gets a fair trial because the are innocent untiil proved guilty
Its their job...I think how they defend some criminals when they are clearly guilty and they try and prove they arent makes me a little bit mad the way they go about it but I mean its their job...
this is America.
right to a fair and just trial before conviction, innocent until proven.
Of course, how do you know someone is a criminal if there's no trial? That's what lawyers and DAs are for.
Well they obviously represent criminals for the money. I started going to law school...but only wanted to become a prosecutor, because I knew I could never represent someone who is a rapist or a murderer. Some lawyers will say they represent criminals because they deserve a fair trial and the right to prove their innocence, if in fact they are innocent, but we all know that the majority of the time, someone facing a murder charge, probably did it. I just couldn't stand by that and try to get them off. I have family out there too, and wouldn't want to willingly free a murderer who could one day kill my family too.
It's their job. Yes I approve of someone to uphold the rights of a defendant !!
Because a democratic society allows people to be defended in court.
Only if I'm the criminal--otherwise no.
Yes of course everyone is entitled to representation.
duh?
thats what lawyers do
lawyers dont care if you innocent or guilty.
they just represent you.
if you dont like that then dont be a lawyer like most people lol
Sometimes they are innocent.
the law requires that all criminals have a lawyer to defend them in the court of law...its part o the whole innocent till proven guilty
It is innocent until proven guilty.
Right to representation.
I still believe in those.
well, there are not ALL criminals
but for the most part, its just a way of makin money in an evil type of way, like drug - dealin
i really dont care, unless im the one bein convicted
In a free country everyone deserves a fair trial. Unfortunately criminals come in all classes and the more money you have it seems you have a better chance of getting out of serving time. Lawyers have the job to proove the person is innocent of crime. If you were wrongly accused you'd want someone who can show that.
yes i approve of it cuz some ppl r actually innocent, even if most werent every 1 should get a fair child, if lawyers didnt represent criminals everyone that was falsely accused would be thrown in jail, and if they are guilty than hopefully the defense will be able 2 prove it
They represent criminals because it is the criminal's constitutional right to have a fair trial with a state appointed attorney. You can be one of the smartest people in the world and not know the ins and outs of the legal system. Attorneys are usually specialists in whatever area so the criminal can be represented on an equal scale to the prosecution. I approve of the system. If we were just going to throw people in jail WITHOUT fair trial, there's not really any need for the whole judge and jury system anyway.
I approve of a competent defense for any one charged with a crime - I don't approve of despicable lawyers who have absolutely no interest in the truth or justice - just keeping score of the people they can "get off" on technicalities or outright deception.
Because they have to. But lawyers can be just as corrupt as criminals. Someone paid off a lawer to prevent my family from inheriting millions, that is how I know. And no, I think that as a lawyer it would be hard to represent a criminal, but all they can do if they are honest is just try to lessen their sentence.
Lawyers don't represent criminals. They represent THE ACCUSED.
In this country we believe (or used to believed) people were INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
Next question, stupid.
In all fairness ,yes.Without judicatory process how could we say one was a criminal ! Wouldn't U like to be presumed innocent till proven guilty and receive defense representation ...?
either they are paid to do it, and its in the constitution. The whole speech the cop says after you get arrested includes you have the right to a lawyer.
Who else would do it? It takes one to know one!
Because everyone is innocent until proven guilty. If the defendant confesses their guilt to their lawyer, then the defendant still needs protection from other possible false accusations as well as fair punishment that is tailored to that specific individual's crime. If they did not have proper representation, they run the risk of being unfairly accused and receiving a punishment that doesn't fit the crime. Remember, no matter what crime a person commits, they don't deserve unlimited suffering. Especially considering that many criminals are incarcerated for drug use or other relatively innocuous crime alone.
If you had been charged with a crime, and knew you were innocent - maybe the rest of the world would see you as a criminal - would you not want someone to stand up for you ?
One of the greatest things about living in the free world, is being, under the law, innocent until proven guilty. Everyone charged with a crime is not necessarily guilty. Thankfully, rich or poor, past record or not, in a free country they are entitled to qualified defence. Without it, how can justice be truly seen to be done?
Of course some real criminals get off with a good lawyer's talents. But don't forget, that lawyer may have just as many, if not more innocent people on his acquittal tally.
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Under the Constitution even criminals are entitled to representation. I believe everyone should have an advocate (lawyer) to ensure they get a FAIR TRIAL and that their rights are respected. So I do approve of that. I strongly support a person's right to representation even if that person is a criminal.
What I absolutely DESPISE are criminal defense attorneys who stretch and twist the truth, falsify facts, and take advantage of weak or weak minded jurors to put criminals, particularly violent criminals, back on the streets. O. J. Simpson's "dream team" is a perfect example of what I am talking about. They went much farther than making sure O. J. got a fair trial. They gave an obviously guilty murderer, and they knew he was guilty, his freedom. For money. What they did was legal, perhaps, but unethical and immoral in the extreme.
They have to, it is in the Constitution. Right or wrong.
Certain cases represent ethical issues for lawyers, but some can compromise their own principles to lower their standards to find work in a competitive field.
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