Replaceable Lawyers and Guilty Defendants

Many criminal lawyers should expect that, were they to not defend a certain client, someone no less capable would do so. It is morally wrong for such attorneys to defend defendants who should be punished. This is true even if we grant that the defendant’s right to be defended outweighs any rights th...

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Main Author: Talbot, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2017
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2017, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-47
Further subjects:B Punishment
B Legal ethics
B Law
B Applied Ethics
B Overdetermination
B Reasons
B criminal defense
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