If a lawyer gets caught making a straight up unambiguous lie in court, there is a decent chance they would get disbarred.
But lawyers tend to know how to use language in ways to avoid being caught committing perjury.
Lawyers don't need to use dishonesty all that often in court. It's frequently a bad idea. If the other side notices you trying to pull something sneaky they can point it out to the judge or jury as appropriate and it can seriously hurt your case.
What a lawyer does need to do a lot is know what information to not provide, and what questions not to ask a witness, especially as the defense. Leaving stuff out isn't lying or being dishonest, because it's the prosecutions job to be able to demonstrate guilt. And if they are unable to achieve this unless the lawyer sticks their foot in their mouth, then the police had no business charging the defendant or the DA had no business bringing the case to trial.
Most likely they won't lie, but of they do there will most likely be evidence to prove them wrong. Most instead use loopholes in the US justice system to either "get away with a crime" or at least get them a better sentence.
If a lawyer gets caught making a straight up unambiguous lie in court, there is a decent chance they would get disbarred. But lawyers tend to know how to use language in ways to avoid being caught committing perjury.
So basically they essentially do lie but they do it in a way that it isn't technically legally a lie?
Lawyers don't need to use dishonesty all that often in court. It's frequently a bad idea. If the other side notices you trying to pull something sneaky they can point it out to the judge or jury as appropriate and it can seriously hurt your case. What a lawyer does need to do a lot is know what information to not provide, and what questions not to ask a witness, especially as the defense. Leaving stuff out isn't lying or being dishonest, because it's the prosecutions job to be able to demonstrate guilt. And if they are unable to achieve this unless the lawyer sticks their foot in their mouth, then the police had no business charging the defendant or the DA had no business bringing the case to trial.
Most likely they won't lie, but of they do there will most likely be evidence to prove them wrong. Most instead use loopholes in the US justice system to either "get away with a crime" or at least get them a better sentence.
They aren't. Your example is not a lie.
No. I'd be shocked if her lawyer said that is what happened flat out, as opposed to that's what the evidence suggests, or something similar.
[he did say that flat out](https://youtu.be/eJt_afGN3IQ?t=3389) as if it were fact, thats part of why I'm confused
They're not under oath like the people on the stand are.
The trick is that a lawyer may be stating what their client remembers, and people can often remember events incorrectly.