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Lawyers on TV and in movies and their apparent lack of ethics: Thank the writers

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Pop culture and the lack of ethics of lawyers: Why are TV Lawyers Ethically Challenged? That’s Hollywood, Writers Say on ABAJournal.com. The article talks about "Law & Order" (there are 3), "Boston Legal" (where the lawyers often have intraoffice conflicts of interest), and "Stark" (where Stark Nifongesquely and smugly arrests the defendant before the investigation is anywhere near done, investigating into the trial and scrambling to put a case together, occasionally trying the wrong guy in the rush to "justice"). In one episode of CSI that aired about two months ago, Willows says to another CSI that a criminal defense lawyer provided false evidence to them to mislead them and get them off the lawyer's client. Later in the show, it developed that the lawyer's client was not even the guilty party...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on February 17, 2008 (boomark / email).