PrepTest 116, Section 4, Question 3
Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe(436 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(14 more words not shown)
- AIn keeping with(17 more words not shown)
- BTherefore, the practice(15 more words not shown)
- CConsequently, the defendant's(26 more words not shown)
- DThus, the lawyers'(28 more words not shown)
- ETherefore, judges or(22 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The ending says lawyers should be advocates for defendants' rights given the facts, rather than mere mouthpieces. I don't have an exact next sentence to predict, but it should develop that role: what follows from insisting that the lawyer actually stand behind the case?
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Honesty fits the rejection of knowingly false claims; substantive accuracy fits the attention to facts; selectivity fits the statement that lawyers needn't accept every case. This develops the proposed role without introducing a different aim.
- B
The writer argues against misrepresentation. Concluding that law remains morally dubious because misrepresentation might win an acquittal doesn't follow from that recommendation.
- C
The right to a defense is preserved. The distinction is that a particular lawyer needn't accept every case or make every requested argument. Nothing makes the defendant's right vary with the severity of the alleged crime.
- D
A new duty to prove professional worth through acquittals isn't introduced or supported. It also leaves out the stated duty to the client while treating court and society as separate obligations.
- E
We aren't given a proposal for judges to interrogate lawyers. The argument concerns how lawyers should decide and act; it doesn't establish this procedure for investigating them.
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