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One way to build character

By Skelly

I have been sitting on the link to this Utah Bar Journal article by Ted Weckel for weeks now, coming back to it now and then, hoping to draft my response in a coherent way. I think I've failed in the attempt because my response to it changes from week to week, and I find myself of two minds (or more) as to what he's recommending. So here's the link - maybe you'd like to chew on it:Helping Our Clients Tell the Truth: Rule of Professional Conduct 2.1 in Criminal Cases(T)he fact remains that, on many occasions, we suspect that our clients are guilty of some crime ? either after we have talked with them or after we have conducted a thorough investigation. If our clients tell us that they want to go to trial despite our (emphasis added) conclusion that they are lying to us about their innocence, an interesting question presents itself...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on January 14, 2008 (boomark / email).