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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin
What's the deal with lawyer confidentiality/mandated reporting?
Like....if someone hacked up 15 people and told the lawyer, would the lawyer have legal obligation to not tell, or do they have an obligation to tell? Does the ax murderer need to be a client in order to be guaranteed these legal rights?
Are lawyers like priests? And who is more scummy...a lawyer or a pedo. So many questions!
And is it true that the older they get the more experience they have?
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The person needs to be a client or potential client of the lawyer to be protected under attorney-client privilege. In general, I do not believe the lawyer would be required to report the murder(s); however, the lawyer may need to recuse him/herself from a potential trial.
I know attorney-client privilege has been overruled in some specific circumstances -- normally when it was somehow in the client's interest to violate the privilege. I might be able to provide a better answer after I complete my first year of law school (
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