The Case of Juan and the Ethical Question of Defending Guilty Clients

How can lawyers defend guilty people? Is it ethical to help someone stay out of jail if you know they're guilty?

Covered Topics: Susan Smith, Judy Clarke, Trial by Ordeal, Juan Catalan, J. L. Mackie, Moral Nihilism, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre,

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/29/larry-david-long-shot-how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-a-man-from-death-row

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama

https://www.stcl.edu/blog/due-process-is-no-mere-technicality-even-for-the-most-obviously-guilty-defendant/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemic-paradoxes/#MenParInqPuzAboGaiKno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/14/the-worst-of-the-worst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith

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