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THE DUTY YOU OWE YOUR CLIENT

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

In light of our favourite federal bloggers stunning win in federal court, and the simultaneous collapse of the career of at least three prosecutors who had their fingers in the case, the question some people are posing is whether there will be repercussions for Mr. Markus in his representation of future clients? Will the prosecutor's office  take this colossal embarrasment  out on his future clients?Here is the first comment we received:Here's my question. 1. Was it a good idea at the end of the day for Markus to do the right thing and go after these prosecutors and make them pay for the wrongs they did?2. Would another defense attorney have just ignored some of the facts and not make waves?What I am getting at is, will Markus be a marked man and find it harder to get plea deals at the AUSA office based on such a high profile slam of that very office?Would another defense lawyer have gone the extra few miles or would they have just look towards the future and not made any waves?I ponder this question because it speaks volumes for the guts it takes to be a true defendar of the law and what it represents...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).