You are a public defender who meets clients every day who you know are guilty. Nevertheless, you are mandated to defend them. Doing your job well might mean putting a criminal on the street. Discuss this and other kinds of ethical decisions you have to make on a daily basis, and how you can maintain a consistent code of ethics in this difficult situation.

What will be an ideal response?


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