Well put. Lawyers are like referees to ensure a legal contest followed the rules. Everyone wants guilty villains to end up in jail, but if the villain is tried

Well put. Lawyers are like referees to ensure a legal contest followed the rules. Everyone wants guilty villains to end up in jail, but if the villain is tried in a biased and unruly proceeding then the villain’s sentence can be overturned. Giving even the most obviously guilty villain a competent defense ensures there’s no mistrial loophole in the process. Focusing on good and evil helps write laws, but in legal trial proceeding prosecutors and defenders need to proceed with nearly pure objective focus on facts and proof of intentional violations of written laws.