Could my daughter, who is a lawyer, defend my son’s girlfriend, who killed my cousin’s family in a DUI accident?

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• Sibbo@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hypothetically, your daughter is a defense attorney, so she is able to answer that question.

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  • 474D@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was going to comment “IF ONLY YOU HAD A LAWYER TO ASK” but you’re much nicer

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My best friend is a public defender and he ranted to me recently about how his family still won’t ask him legal advice because he’s still the baby of the family.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Your cousin’s daughter was made pregnant and gave birth at 14, then she and her toddler were killed by a drunk driver? I sincerely hope this story really is hypothetical. Otherwise my deepest sympathy to her, and condolences to anyone who loved those poor children.

  Oh, and your daughter should refer the case because whether or not it’s legal, she could be forced into a position that destroys her relationships in the family.

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  • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Both the 16-year-old and the 2-year-old have the same mom - OP’s mom.

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why “daughter” and “child” then? Not daughters, age 16 and 2, or daughter and son? If it were the reverse I’d assume the teen was nonbinary but it’s unusual in a toddler

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Very likely a conflict of interest, but IANAL.

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    • Tja@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You’re holding it wrong

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hear that everybody? This guy’s up for anal!

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      Everyone who knows me already knows that. 🤷‍♂️

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• wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Morally or legally?

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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This would depend on the state laws and bar association. She should call her bar and ask them. every situation is different. the ultimate question is can your daughter provide the GF a competent, and vigorous legal defense?

  I’d personally suggest that would be difficult, given the relationship to victims as well. that represents a personal conflict of interest in which I believe- though I’m not a lawyer- they’d normally have to recuse themselves from.

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• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Umm… oh! The doctor was a woman!

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• socsa@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hypothetically, roll tide

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• blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are they rich?

  Or addicted to drugs?

  Or is a Hashiriya

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• RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is there any chance the daughter would be on the witness list or be deposed? Because I think that’s the line where it would stop making any sense. A judge isn’t gonna want one of the lawyers on the witness list, because then do they cross examine themselves? It would require a 2nd lawyer for at least those parts.

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• MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Never do business with family.

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• Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As long as they weren’t taking part in illegal street racing.

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• TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  She sounds like a real piece of shit who doesn’t deserve a defense, but that’s just me talking.

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  • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Defense isn’t about helping people escape consequences, it’s about making sure they receive a fair trial and the consequences are appropriate for their crime. Even with this system there are still wrongful convictions and police/prosecutorial misconduct.

    Many years ago we had a deadly DUI crash that the local news went apeshit over because the story was easy to hype. Drunk driver kills a young mom, dad, and their 3yo daughter. It was covered non-stop, until it came out during the trial mom and dad were high as kites on meth and pulled out in front of the drunk driver when they should have waited for him to cross the intersection. Dude still got convicted, he was driving drunk and killed three people, but his sentence reflected the dad’s impaired driving and what that contributed. Also, as soon as the news couldn’t sob story their coverage they dropped it, barely a blip when the verdict came out.

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    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks for this. I know this intellectually but admittedly I can be emotional just thinking about how I’d feel if a drunk driver killed multiple people I care about, or myself.

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  • wuphysics87@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Terrible accidemts can happen without malice

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    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Driving drunk was just an accident?

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I know! I know!

  It’s cousins twice removed!

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