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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]From what I read, she created a story about the victim (a child)--implying that the child "asked for it"...........it sounded like she went beyond what was necessary for someone that was guilty.  She I=may have had a responsibility to defend the assailant--but she did not have the right to make up a story.[/quote]

The case never went to trial. You don't have the right to make up stories either.
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Clinton had a choice to make: herself or this kid. She chose herself. [/quote]

Actually, she chose her client. The correct choice for a lawyer. 
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For a lawyer with a loose moral code, yes. As you can see in this thread, other professionals would choose a different path. Comes down to character. Clinton's has, at least, been consistently bad. I'll give her points for staying true-to-self. [/quote]

Exactly.[/quote]

No, other professionals said they would take the moral action, which is exactly what she did. This was the morally correct choice. The better physician metaphor is whether you treat a murderer who comes into the ER for life threatening injuries. I would hope most doctors would answer yes.[/quote]

There are very few legal equivalents to a life threatening emergency.  Certainly not this case.  Plenty of time to find someone else, especially since we now know she was asked to defend this dirtbag as a favor to the prosecutor.  [/quote]

Favor to the prosecutor is refusable, certainly.  But it might/will end your career.  There may be times in a legal career when sanctions, jail, or career ending decisions need to be made, but this doesn't seem like one of them.  She represented a criminal -- that's what it means to be a public defender.  [/quote]

"Plenty of time to find someone else" is a complete cop out. Either its moral for anyone to take the case or its moral for nobody to take the case. "The most moral option is for you to not personally do it and hope somebody else does it instead" is a nonsensical moral position. (Not to mention that if Clinton in particular did it, a swarm of people would (rightly in this case) accuse her of being hypocritical and arrogant).[/quote]

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