Yes, but usually disbarment is sufficient punishment for corrupt fuckers and a deterrent message to the legal community - permanently losing your livelihood and being publicly shamed in the process, while not a criminal proceeding, is extremely (and justly) punitive. That said, if there was a decent likelihood of the fucker becoming a media personality after disbarment, or otherwise capitalizing on their punishment, I’d suspect that a DA might consider criminal charges.
A lawyer telling a client to commit perjury in a federal case surrounding a former head of state is absolutely worth prosecuting.
This isn’t Keny Lay pretending he didn’t know what was for me on at Enron. This is a lawyer hired specifically to defend someone other than his client and intentionally telling his client to lie - which is knowingly and intentionally bad legal advice.
A lawyer really can’t do anything worse from a professional or legal standpoint.
I realized I was talking from a more general perspective — you’ll get no arguments from me against prosecuting the fuck out of these folks. You’re totally right.
IANAL, but isn’t there like a whole thing around you can appeal if you got bad legal advice?
Yes, and the lawyer should be disbarred for telling a client to commit purgery.
Seriously. I mean, this isn’t brain serjury
Nice.
Can the lawyer be charged with some sort of crime?
Yes, but usually disbarment is sufficient punishment for corrupt fuckers and a deterrent message to the legal community - permanently losing your livelihood and being publicly shamed in the process, while not a criminal proceeding, is extremely (and justly) punitive. That said, if there was a decent likelihood of the fucker becoming a media personality after disbarment, or otherwise capitalizing on their punishment, I’d suspect that a DA might consider criminal charges.
A lawyer telling a client to commit perjury in a federal case surrounding a former head of state is absolutely worth prosecuting.
This isn’t Keny Lay pretending he didn’t know what was for me on at Enron. This is a lawyer hired specifically to defend someone other than his client and intentionally telling his client to lie - which is knowingly and intentionally bad legal advice.
A lawyer really can’t do anything worse from a professional or legal standpoint.
I realized I was talking from a more general perspective — you’ll get no arguments from me against prosecuting the fuck out of these folks. You’re totally right.
He actively participated in covering up a coup.
People were executed for less in this country.