Explain why defense attorneys must often defend clients they know to be guilty.
What will be an ideal response?
In our adversary system, the most important responsibility of a defense attorney is to be an advocate for her or his client. This means ensuring that the client's constitutional rights are protected during criminal justice proceedings, regardless of whether the client is guilty or innocent.Indeed, if defense attorneys refused to represent clients whom they believed to be guilty, the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a criminal trial for all accused persons would be rendered meaningless.
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a) compressed. b) specialty. c) traditional. d) neotraditional.
Discuss how the relationship between the US and Pakistan has deteriorated and what this mean for threats to US security from terrorist attacks
What will be an ideal response?
Describe two prevention strategies for employee theft in the retail system.
What will be an ideal response?
In Hudson v. Michigan (2006), the U.S. Supreme Court reversed prior precedent when it held that evidence retrieved as a violation of the "knock and announce" rule would be:
a. inadmissible b. admissible c. retrievable d. unwarranted