I'm curious why you think the lawyer is sleazy. I'm guessing its that you don't understand the legal system very well.
I think I understand the legal system fairly well and understand an attorney will try most any tactic to save their client.
We’ve seen many defenses over the years including OJ’s lawyers playing to a racist jury and then there’s the famous twinky defense so don’t even try to tell me there aren’t sleezy lawyers.
I understand this lawyer isn’t just going to stand up and say his client is guilty of aggravated murder and to give him the needle.
IMO, criminals don’t come any more cold blooded than this character and he deserves to die for that crime and I don’t like this tactic to save his life.