Show american bar association permits lawyer to defend the guilty by MAX new york lawyer the canons of the american bar association permit a lawyer to defend the guilty why preach against the lawyer for doing that which lie he is is specifically authorized to do it is considered bad manners to assert a persons innocence when you know him to be guilty but very good manners to argue that his guilt has not been established beyond a reasonable doubt although you know that that the prisoner at the bar is the person who committed the crime personally I 1 believe that is the difference between and every lawyer should be informed that lie he may Te represent present a guilty person in order to aid in the administration of justice ile he may induce the client to acknowledge his guilt thus preventing a trial he may also call the attention of the court to every extenuating circumstance in the defendants fend ants favor to permit a lawyer to defend a man as aa not guilty while knowing of his guilt should bo be treated as aa a serious obstruction af of justice |