The Attorney Harris Case

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Attorney Harris is a Criminal Defense Attorney who just started practicing a little over two years ago and she is now representing her most difficult client to date. This would be her first serial killer case, and it is definitely unsettling. Her client is charged with ten murders, but they have only found three of the bodies. As a part of attorney-client confidentiality, her client tells her where the other bodies are, but he does not say he is going to kill any others. Harris knows she cannot break this privilege without having repercussions, but she is struggling to keep this information to herself. If she were to keep this information to herself, she would struggle with knowing where the bodies are and not bringing the families comfort.

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