When the judge or jury look over to the defendants' table, they need to find someone they can trust and believe. Sometimes, yes, from the outside the result see

When the judge or jury look over to the defendants' table, they need to find someone they can trust and believe. Sometimes, yes, from the outside the result seems binary, but it's a process that everyone ideally navigates with dignity that might involve multiple levels of culpability and end with a sentence that is highly discretionary. The attorney could give weak factual defense on one or more levels of culpability to preserve credibility and generate more positive outcomes in terms of the process, dignity, and sentence. Also, the attorney is going to see that judge and prosecutor again ....