Ethics are critical throughout the different systems of justice because when practicing in the criminal justice system you are held to ethical standards, which provide guidelines for your conduct as an officer of the law. The criminal justice system is one of the most important systems that we have in our country. It has the ability to interact with the citizens on a daily basis and employ thousands of people at a time. There are many instances where those employed in the criminal justice system need to make quick decisions and without the proper training they could make mistakes.
In the most basic form ethics can be described as the philosophy of what is considered right and wrong. The criminal justice system has created and maintains their …show more content…
The attorney has the obligation to represent his or her client to the best of their ability (Gruber). They will fight for their client zealously because that is their ethically obligation. One example that an attorney could face is representing a client who has committed a crime and knows their client committed a crime. Their obligation to defend their client doesn’t change just because they know their client is guilty. They are still obligated to defend their client zealously and are expected to do so. The attorney is not allowed to put their client on the stand to testify and lie to the court because the attorney knows their client is committing perjury. It is against the code of ethics for attorneys to knowingly allow a client to testify false information in court. This is to keep the court system fair and realize that it isn’t about winning at all cost. It is representing your client, however, that doesn’t mean you lie in order to get there. While attorneys may stretch the truth as much as they feel plausible there isn’t a big grey area when it comes to false information. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God is what the client swore to do in order to testify. If the attorney knowingly allows them to break that oath the system doesn’t really function
In the most basic form ethics can be described as the philosophy of what is considered right and wrong. The criminal justice system has created and maintains their …show more content…
The attorney has the obligation to represent his or her client to the best of their ability (Gruber). They will fight for their client zealously because that is their ethically obligation. One example that an attorney could face is representing a client who has committed a crime and knows their client committed a crime. Their obligation to defend their client doesn’t change just because they know their client is guilty. They are still obligated to defend their client zealously and are expected to do so. The attorney is not allowed to put their client on the stand to testify and lie to the court because the attorney knows their client is committing perjury. It is against the code of ethics for attorneys to knowingly allow a client to testify false information in court. This is to keep the court system fair and realize that it isn’t about winning at all cost. It is representing your client, however, that doesn’t mean you lie in order to get there. While attorneys may stretch the truth as much as they feel plausible there isn’t a big grey area when it comes to false information. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God is what the client swore to do in order to testify. If the attorney knowingly allows them to break that oath the system doesn’t really function