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Fugees rapper says lawyer's use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial (www.aol.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A multimillion-dollar conspiracy trial that stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment is now touching on the tech world with arguments that a defense attorney for a Fugees rapper bungled closing arguments by using an artificial intelligence program.

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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know about this particular lawyer, but I have heard that some lawyers will try novel court strategies, knowing that it's a win-win situation. If the strategy works, then their clients benefit, and if the strategy doesn't work, their clients get an appeal for having ineffective counsel where they normally wouldn't have an appeal.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If a client gets an appeal for ineffective counsel how is that counsel not brought up before the bar for review? That seems like a death knell for a lawyer.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

People don't generally get sanctioned for making honest mistakes. I didn't say that a lawyer would tank the case on purpose, just that they'd try a new strategy. If no lawyers were allowed to try new strategies without facing penalties, that also seems like a bad system.

[–] Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not sure if there is a procedure for when a lawyer is practicing, I have never heard of a bar referral after a ruling on a motion for ineffective assistance in NY, but I have heard of retiring attorneys landing on the grenade so to speak and writing affidavits claiming that anything they may have touched in the slightest was somehow deficient, spoiled or tainted by their involvement if it can get a shot at more billable work/appeal.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I had never heard that. Is there a name for that? Or do you have a place I can read more about it?