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The Lawyer's Client
First to discuss is the actual client of the lawyer, the individual who was convicted of a rape and whose case is on appeal at the current time. He clearly admitted the past rapes to his lawyer, but they might not be inadmissible as evidence in his own case, depending on the way that they were acquired. However, the lawyer can give the information that he gave to him, including much of the detail that be provided and minus his name, to the D.A. in order to have the case reinvestigated. It is possible, by doing this, that new evidence from the old crimes will be able to point to the lawyer's current client and that client will be charged with the other rapes. It is also possible that the D.A. will be able to locate a reason to prosecute the lawyer's client for the older rapes on the basis of this new information
While the lawyer has a duty to try to protect his client, and he was supposed to work with his client at trial so that the client could be found innocent of the charges, the client has already been convicted. People could

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