Comments on: Is It Ethical to Plead Not Guilty? http://ecilcrime.com/2008/12/20/is-it-ethical-to-plea-not-guilty/ ECILCRIME.COM | Brought to you by Coles County criminal-defense lawyer Jeremy J. Richey Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A nation founded on immorality http://ecilcrime.com/2008/12/20/is-it-ethical-to-plea-not-guilty/#comment-114 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:40:36 +0000 http://ecilcrime.com/?p=574#comment-114 [...] breaking the law is, in itself, an immoral act. The discussion went from prosecutor to defender, across the country, and it covered most of the issues, specifically revolving around the morality of [...]

]]> By: Defending People » Prosecutors: We’re Punishing Sinners http://ecilcrime.com/2008/12/20/is-it-ethical-to-plea-not-guilty/#comment-113 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:10:03 +0000 http://ecilcrime.com/?p=574#comment-113 [...] to its burden, which started with Illinois criminal defense lawyer Jeremy Ritchey’s post here, then bounced to my post here and back to Jeremy’s here and onward to Virginia prosecutor Ken [...]

]]> By: Snacky http://ecilcrime.com/2008/12/20/is-it-ethical-to-plea-not-guilty/#comment-111 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:40:02 +0000 http://ecilcrime.com/?p=574#comment-111 Interesting post. But I believe that pleading guilty, if one actually is, is probably the right thing to do:

* Why force the prosecution to carry and meet this burden? Why cause the court time and money to be wasted?

I don’t see how your argument is distinguished from “plead not guilty because you can.”

I think there are other reasons as well that it’s not ethical to plead not-guilty if one knows that one actually is:

For example, the effect of the plea on the public discourse and culture. I think I could argue that it’s detrimental to public confidence in the legal system to have guilty people plead not-guilty, and maintain their innocence.

]]> By: Defending People » Justice vs. Fairness http://ecilcrime.com/2008/12/20/is-it-ethical-to-plea-not-guilty/#comment-107 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:18:41 +0000 http://ecilcrime.com/?p=574#comment-107 [...] criminal defense lawyer Jeremy Richey asks, “is it ethical to plead not guilty” when you know that you are factually guilty? He (being a criminal defense lawyer) gets the [...]

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