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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're not really much of a lawyer then, are you?  I mean, it's nice for you that you have principles and there are lines that you won't cross.  But what you're talking about doing -- refusing to take a case because of your personal feelings -- goes against the oath every lawyer takes when they swear into a bar.  Most states, including Arkansas, have this language in their oath:  "I will not reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the impoverished, the defenseless, or the oppressed."

For a normal person, not wanting to defend a rapist seems moral.  But when you're actually a lawyer, it's the other way around, and refusing such a case because of your personal feelings is immoral because it's your sworn duty.  [/quote]

Lawyers refuse to take cases all the time. For every reason. For no reason. For big reasons. For small reasons. Imagine the best criminal lawyer you can think of. Do you think all a poor criminal defendant has to do is walk into that lawyer's office and ask nicely for the lawyer to represent him, and then the lawyer is ethically obligated to do so?

That's not how it works. [/quote]

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