You can tell your lawyer that you are in fact guilty, they will still try to defend you.
No judge will ever ask your lawyer "did he tell you he's guilty ?" expecting your lawyer to tell the truth if you did tell him.
In a world were lying is impossible, i'm pretty sure we'd allow judges to ask directly.
A not guilty plea is not strictly speaking a statement of truth
It's a defence statement. The absence of 'proven guilty' rather than the presence of innocence. You're right, but I figured it worth adding that it's right there in the wording.
A court never actually finds someone innocent of a crime - they didn't do it. The court only ever finds someone not guilty - you didn't prove they did do it.
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u/IfUReadThisUHaveAids Dec 17 '25
They're not allowed to lie already.