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Ethics in Courts Name Institution
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Governing Authority Attorney is legally qualified authority according to the constitution, to defend and prosecute the acts as a practitioner in the courts of law. Also referred to as counsellor-at-law. In my area Illinois, the group of Kenneth J. Allen is the major firm practicing authority in licensing and monitoring attorney. The team comprises Kenneth J. Allen, Bryan L. Bradley, David W. Conover, Robert D. Brown and Jack A. Kramer among others.
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Common Ethical Issues in Court
Professional Discourtesy The practitioners in some of the case proceedings communicate rudely to their clients,. They do not pay respect to their language as some express their emotions in their speech. According to a study by “Cite a Website - Cite This For Me”, (2017), some of the suspects use offensive languages and terms while defending themselves.
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Common Ethical Issues in Courts
Intimidation Some of the practitioners use threats to satisfy their customers interests in courts. Examples of such threats include lodging a complaint to the LPCC and reporting the matter to the respective authorities. Using such threats is intimidator as it cannot solve the dispute instead flaming the dispute Lastly, furthering a clients’ case through use of unfair means. For example a practitioner can give his client a wrong advice such as they have more rights than others.
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Common Sanctions for Violating Ethical Practices In Courts by Attorneys
Some of the acts by violating the ethical practices in courts by the attorney and judges have some impacts like; According to “Ethics Policies” ( 2017), it can result to reversal of convictions by the attorneys, this can be due to violation of ethical practices. Sanctioning a lawyer can be serious as a lawyer can loss his lawyer license due to the malpractices. The lawyer can be suspended from practicing law for a certain period of time. In some cases, the lawyer might be disarmed from practice of law within the state.
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How should the Latitude be between Prosecutors and Attorneys
Prosecutors should have equal latitude like the defense attorneys should have equal latitude like the prosecutors. If the defense attorney can have a higher latitude than the prosecutors it will lead to ethical violations. For example they present false testimonies against their clients, there will be conviction of felony among the attorney and also violation of clients’ rights.
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Examples of Ethical Violations that can lead to Disbarred of an Attorney
Disbarment is a situation where one is stripped off his or her license so that he or she cannot practice law. It is one of the most crucial professional penalty an attorney or a lawyer can get. Examples that can lead to disbarred include; Giving your client fake testimony to present n court in order to win the case. When an attorney does not operate within the states attorney constitution
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Other Examples include;
Financial Fraud It is an obvious factor which qualifies a lawyer to be disbarred. Non-financial Personal Misconduct This include things like shouting at the court clerks and talking bad and brawling to the security agents of the court. Moral Turpitude This comprises things like allegations to abuse of substance.
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The Most Critical Person to Courts
The judges play a more critical role when it comes to courts. This is because they are responsible for making the final judgement and decides who is or who is not guilty. It is the judges work to decide on an ethical punishment to be delivered to the person found guilty of a circumstance.
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The Person whose Role has higher Ethical Expectations
Within the courtroom, it the position of the judge that has a higher ethical expectations than everyone else.
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Points made During the Collaborative Group Discussion
From the various collaborative group discussions, there were differences between the roles of a defense attorney, a judge, and a prosecutor.
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Reference Cite a Website - Cite This For Me. (2017). Lpbwa.org.au. Retrieved 17 December 2017, from Publications/Papers/Common-Ethical-Pitfalls-to-Avoid-by-Gael- Roberts.aspx Ethics Policies. (2017). United States Courts. Retrieved 17 December 2017, from policies/ethics-policies
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