The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case involving a Louisiana defense attorney who defied his client's wishes when he preemptively conceded the defendant's guilt, asking that he be spared the death penalty because of his mental illness.  Is it ever okay for an lawyer to overrule his own client? What if it might be their only chance to save the client's life?

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case involving a Louisiana defense attorney who defied his client's wishes when he preemptively conceded the defendant's guilt, asking that he be spared the death penalty because of his mental illness. Is it ever okay for an lawyer to overrule his own client? What if it might be their only chance to save the client's life?

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case involving a Louisiana defense attorney who defied his client's wishes when he preemptively conceded the defendant's guilt, asking that he be spared the death penalty because of his mental illness.&nbsp; Is it ever okay for an lawyer to overrule his own client? What if it might be their only chance to save the client's life?

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Sometimes challenging, often disturbing, occasionally absurd, always timely: Criminal Injustice explores the most complex and urgent issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system in conversation with the field&#39;s most knowledgeable experts. Professor David Harris and guests take on everything from racial bias to use of force... from surveillance technology to mass incarceration... and from police abuse and misconduct to the astonishing, frequently hilarious misdeeds of &#34;Lawyers Behaving Badly.&#34; It&#39;s not a lecture hall, and you don&#39;t need a law degree to keep up. But you&#39;ll walk away from each episode with a deeper, richer understanding of what&#39;s wrong with the criminal justice system – and how to fix it.

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Sometimes challenging, often disturbing, occasionally absurd, always timely: Criminal Injustice explores the most complex and urgent issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system in conversation with the field's most knowledgeable experts. Professor David Harris and guests take on everything from racial bias to use of force... from surveillance technology to mass incarceration... and from police abuse and misconduct to the astonishing, frequently hilarious misdeeds of "Lawyers Behaving Badly." It's not a lecture hall, and you don't need a law degree to keep up. But you'll walk away from each episode with a deeper, richer understanding of what's wrong with the criminal justice system – and how to fix it.

Sometimes challenging, often disturbing, occasionally absurd, always timely: Criminal Injustice explores the most complex and urgent issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system in conversation with the field's most knowledgeable experts. Professor David Harris and guests take on everything from racial bias to use of force... from surveillance technology to mass incarceration... and from police abuse and misconduct to the astonishing, frequently hilarious misdeeds of "Lawyers Behaving Badly." It's not a lecture hall, and you don't need a law degree to keep up. But you'll walk away from each episode with a deeper, richer understanding of what's wrong with the criminal justice system – and how to fix it.

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