How can lawyers defend the guilty

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Attorney Don Pumphrey, Jr. Don has achieved over not guilty verdicts at trial and over 2, dismissals. Legally Guilty vs. Factually Guilty When a layman asks one of these questions, they are usually talking about a defendant being factually guilty of a crime. Ethics vs. Morals Ethics and morals — while often synonymous — have two different meanings for defense attorneys.

Then he called a completely independent witness who proved beyond any question that he was totally innocent. I was wrong and it taught me a very important lesson, which is that it's not for me to make up my mind. So I try to keep an open mind at all times. Oddly enough, it's much worse defending somebody I'm convinced is innocent, because it's such a terrible strain.

I'm frightened that my lack of objectivity may lead to mistakes that will condemn my client to jail for something he hasn't done. I'm not going to prevent my clients from having a fair trial because I personally suspect, as I sometimes do, that they committed the crime.

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