If you were a defense layer defending your client against the rape of a 13 year old girl...?

...and the client confessed he is guilty to you under the clause you can't say anything to anyone else, would you continue defending him?


By the way, the client is an important political figure and if you leave this case it will probably majorly affect your career and you will loose your advocate licence.If you were a defense layer defending your client against the rape of a 13 year old girl...?
there was a movie called ';the devils advocate'; with a similar situation. were you watching that by any chance when you asked the question? hell no i wouldn't represent the sick f***If you were a defense layer defending your client against the rape of a 13 year old girl...?
Its against the law for a lawyer to continue defending some one if they confess that they're guilty. So no, I would not continue defending him.
Even pond-scum is entitled to legal representation, so hang with your client. Useful techniques for defending pond-scum include:





1. Victim asked for it...she seduced me!


2. She's been with 17 other sex partners [witnesses listed]


3. She's in the pay of my political opponents...I was set up.


4. I believed her when she said she was 19.


5. I was heavily medicated at the time...[and]


6. I've already signed up for a treatment program.





Nos. 1 and 2 are designed to turn the victim into the villain; nos. 3 and 4 can be grouped together...as can 5 and 6. Destroy the victim and you'll walk away with a big check and a great future!
If this does end up getting out, then your carrier still goes down the toilet........What can he do if you quit? Pull a few strings to affect the career, well in that case you have nothing to worry about. You didn't do anything and you can prove it.


I say quit. Its is your duty to bring fairness to the justice system and letting a powerful man manipulate you to do otherwise, is just wrong. Stand up to him, tell him either we do it the right way or we don't do it at all.....
If I'm a half-way decent defense attorney, I will not permit my client to confess to me. I do not need to know to provide him with the best defense I can.





While criminal attorneys may find their clients' acts morally reprehensible, the accused remain entitled to a competent defense. It's the basis of the legal system that, while flawed, remains the best in the world.
I wouldn't want to, but if it would really affect my career, I suppose I would. However, I would not LIE or try to protect him any more than the law requires. There has to be someway of defending him and still allowing the truth to come out. As far as I know, there is no law that says you have to lie.


The law is suppose to be about justice. If you have to defend him, then do so with the plan of allowing the truth to come out. As far as I am concerned, it is lying if you cover the truth. He should not get off because he is a big political figure. It is time these folks start to pay just as other people pay. ESPECIALLY, in a situation like this one. If you know that it will really hurt your career to allow him to go to jail, maybe you should consider not defending him. Sounds like, you have a situation where you really can not totally win. If you let him go free, then your letting the child down and all the other kids that he may do the same to. You are letting everyone down to let him go free on purpose. I have never understood allowing a guilty person go free because they can cover the truth.
I thought they weren't supposed to tell you if they were guilty and if they did you have to excuse yourself. I don't know anything about law, I think I got this from movies and tv. If I were you I wouldn't represent him. If you have any type of moral compass, you won't either. You can always find some other line of work and at least you would be able to sleep at night. The B****** needs to go to jail, hopefully they have enough evidence against him.
As a defense lawyer, you have a few different jobs. First, you represent and protect your client and don't use the information against him that he gave you. Most clients, even if they are ';guilty'; won't admit it, so this rarely comes up, but there are a couple of things to keep in mind. First, ';guilty'; means there is enough evidence to prove the crime whether your client did it or not. If there is not enough evidence to prove the crime, it is likely he will not be convicted and you need to explain that to your client (as you must also explain to him sometimes that despite his protestations of innocence, the evidence is probably going to lead to a conviction). Second, you also can do damage control and remediation. If your client is a pedophile, you could talk to him and the prosecutor about him going to counseling, agreeing to move out of the area and never having contact w/ the kid or any kids again, etc. which will do a lot to solve the problem from recurring, and you could probably fashion a plea agreement where he plead guilty to a lesser offense, paid the victim some money, sincerely apologized, gave money to a charity of their choosing and paid for counseling for the kids and did something else to help them heal. It doesn't mean you can or should prevent him from getting a criminal record or allow him to run free around young girls again but by being part of the solution, you can do everyone a service.
It is highly unlikely that a defendant is going to confess to their defense attorney, but if they did the attorney would probably advise the client that they cannot offer an adequate defense and advise the defendant to find another lawyer. Our criminal justice system is based on the premise that all defendants are entitled to a legal defense and we go to great lengths to ensure that everyone is provided with that defense. This may not always seem fair, but it is a good system and it works well for us.
You don't have to quit.





If you know he is certainly guilty, just give a bad performance, and ensure a conviction.





This way, your career remains intact and justice is carried out.