SCENARIO: WHEN IS ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEDGE RENDERED MOOT? ETHICAL DIMENSIONS
A court-appointed lawyer rather than a public defender is assigned to a murder case in which she must defend a purported murderer. During one of their attorney-client meetings, the suspect discloses that he abducted a five year old boy from a local playground a week prior, murdered him, and buried the boy’s remains behind his abode. After her emotionally-charged meeting with her client, the court-appointed attorney mines through local newspapers in order to gain more knowledge about the purported crime. She finds an article in which the mother of the slain boy pleads to the public for anyone Continue reading...