lead innocent and defends him and wins, he is putting danger back on the streets. "...There is something more important than discovering truth in every case" (Katsh 3). This may sound bad but it means that in every case, the purpose is to convict the guilty party; not to find out whether every single little fact is entirely true. Furthermore, "...the position of a 'defense attorney' does not automatically provide someone with a free pass to moral irresponsibility toward the rest of the community" (Lerner). They have the responsibility to punish the people who are guilty of a crime, rather than working their hardest to get a criminal back on the streets. A criminal who is let free will most likely commit that crime again or even try to commit other dangerous crimes. Since they got away with one crime, they have the mind set that they could get away with it again. These are reasons that lawyers should not be allowed to present false cases. On the other hand, everyone is guaranteed a fair trial. In order for a person to have a fair trial, they must have a defense attorney. Since "the adversary system requires that the lawyer's main responsibility be to the client," the lawyer must use all available means to prove what his client tells him to (Katsh 2). This may mean the lawyer will have to "mislead opponents" and it is "permissible... to do anything short of lying" (Katsh 2). People have said, "...it is proper to destroy a truthful government witness when essential to provide the defendant with a defense..." (Subin 4). Which means that it may be necessary to the outcome of the trial to do these dishonest acts.Lawyers will often use a technicality to allow their client to go free. As one author states, "...legal accuity and subtlety may find an interpretation of the rule which excludes its application in the very case before the court" (Cohn 102). This means that the lawyer will find a way for a particular rule to ...
