(April 9, 2021 at 6:00 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: It seems like he’s fighting like a cornered beast. He’s in a very awkward position: the evidence against his client is damning, said client refuses to plead guilty for it, and the lawyer can’t plead guilty for his client when he protests his innocence. And since half-assing the case is going to be in nobody’s best interest (for one thing, it’ll help raise questions even among the less tinfoil-batty pro-Chauvin crowd about whether or not the conviction was fair), making it look like he’s doing everything he can, even if it’s clearly belaboring the point, is really the best option.
The lawyer can't plea anything the client doesn't want to plea, they can only advise. Sometimes a lawyer will step off a case if they think the client is asking him to do something unethical, or has a conflict of interest. But of course the lawyer can't plea for the client. I never claimed they could. Chauvin chose to plea not guilty, so that is why the lawyer is in the position he is in now. I simply think he's stepping on too many land mines.
