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501: How Can Lawyers Defend Guilty People?

501: How Can Lawyers Defend Guilty People?

FromThe Philosophy of Crime


501: How Can Lawyers Defend Guilty People?

FromThe Philosophy of Crime

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How can lawyers defend guilty people? Is it ethical to help someone stay out of jail if you know they're guilty?

Covered Topics: Susan Smith, Judy Clarke, Trial by Ordeal, Juan Catalan, J. L. Mackie, Moral Nihilism, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre,

Further Reading:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/29/larry-david-long-shot-how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-a-man-from-death-row
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama
https://www.stcl.edu/blog/due-process-is-no-mere-technicality-even-for-the-most-obviously-guilty-defendant/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemic-paradoxes/#MenParInqPuzAboGaiKno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/14/the-worst-of-the-worst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith
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Released:
Apr 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Are killers born or are they made? Does everyone have the capacity to commit murder? Why is true crime so popular today? The Philosophy of Crime tackles the biggest questions about unsolved mysteries by looking to classical philosophy for answers.