Comment by spenczar5
9 years ago
> And, oh yeah, there was that time they threw a lawyer in jail for defending a Holocaust denier.
That's not an honest reading of the article you linked. From the article, "[the lawyer] also signed a motion during Zündel's trial with "Heil Hitler" and shouted that the lay judges deserved the death penalty for "offering succour to the enemy" -- leading the court to dismiss her." She was a neo-Nazi herself.
How about this one then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germar_Rudolf
In other words, she didn't defend him the way you feel that she should have.
We'll just make a list of all the arguments that are okay to advance in court, so then lawyers know which ones are forbidden.
That seems like a good concept with no far-reaching implications.
You are generalizing well beyond the scope of the action.
A lawyer went to prison, for statements she made, in court, in defense of her client.
The action doesn't need embellishment from me.
6 replies →