For example, if a police officer unjustly kills a Black woman in cold blood, and the victim’s cousin’s daughter is a defense attorney who helps get the officer acquitted, would she be morally wrong for defending him?
For example, if a police officer unjustly kills a Black woman in cold blood, and the victim’s cousin’s daughter is a defense attorney who helps get the officer acquitted, would she be morally wrong for defending him?
That is what they call a conflict of interest, and it would be justification to recuse themselves from the case, and failing to do so could cause an opportunity for the case itself to be overturned on appeal.