Exam 5: Judges,lawyers,and Ethics

The ABA suggests that in deciding whether to bring charges,criteria to be considered should include ______.

In 2011,the Innocence Project reported that failing to disclose evidence to the defense had contributed to convictions in ______% of the first 100 cases of exoneration revealed by the Project.

In which court case did the United States Supreme Court rule that exculpatory evidence not made available to the accused could result in denial of the constitutional right to a fair trial?

In the adversarial system,the trial judge ______.

In the mid-19th century Wood (1854)argued that the ethical issue of ______ led to the corruption and degradation of the legal profession,nevertheless the Supreme Court ruled the practice valid in 1877.

Conscientious objection argues that ______.

Briefly define plea bargaining.

Which philosopher strongly attacked the notion of confidentiality that protected a lawyer from testifying when client had admitted guilt?

According to Model Rule 1.6 (b)(1),this rule ______.

The view that lawyers have superior knowledge,skills,and experience and therefore must know what is best is known as the ______ view.

Which of the following is an ethically permissible,extra-judicial activity for judges?

Lawyer-client confidentially is waived or negated if the client ______.

Legal ethics codes were a direct product of the ______.

Ethical rules for lawyers are shaped,at least in part,by the adversarial system

What could lead prosecutors to resist indicting a police officer in an excessive force case?

Prosecutors act in an adversarial capacity,which requires ______ advocacy.

According to Model Rule 1.3,______.

The primary ethical duties of a judge are to ______.

If a client tells the lawyer that he or she will lie on the witness stand,the ethical rules require that the lawyer do nothing about the situation.

Identify the reason Michael Nifong was disbarred.