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Attorney client privilege preserves the confidentiality of communication between the lawyer and client. If a person is convicted and hires an attorney to defend themselves on trial, they are given the advantage of attorney client privilege to keep any information that the client releases to the attorney to be kept between only themselves. Think of how attorney client privilege affects how much harder it is to find truth in the criminal justice system. Although attorney client privilege gives people the right to their confidentiality, is this more important than uncovering the truth and finding justice? In the United States criminal justice system, truth seeking ought to take precedence over attorney client privilege because a guilty person could be released and time for the client, attorney, and court would be wasted. In more basic terms, an attorney’s right to disclose vital information to the court should be prioritized before attorney client privilege.
As an effect of having attorney client privilege, this could cause guilty criminals to be out and about roaming the everyday world that we live in. The convicted client chooses the facts and details that they would like to reveal to their attorney to supply them with what they need to present their strongest case defending their client. Have you ever heard of a repeat offender? A repeat offender is someone who is convicted of a crime after having been previously convicted for one or more crimes. If an attorney knows their client is guilty from the information that their client has exposed to them, they are not legally allowed to share the valuable truth with higher authority. Do you want a possible high-profile killer living beside you and those you love? Well, if the truth took...

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...ave an effect on the time the attorney, client, and court spend and the amount of money taxpayers will have to put towards cases such as these.
Overall, attorney client privilege is a topic that could be received with very strong arguments going either way. However, is it comforting to think about criminals walking alongside us on the streets? How does it feel to be taxed extra amounts of money that the court needs to complete trials? Not an outstanding feeling, right? That’s why in the United States criminal justice system truth seeking should take priority over attorney client privilege. With the truth, justice can be achieved and this can make an attorney and other court officials’ jobs easier. Attorney client privilege is, as it is named, a privilege. Just like any other privilege, it is an advantage but it can be taken away or limited for the welfare of others.

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