You are so very correct. Crime must have consequence. Trying huge amorphous blob called government without consequence to individuals will accomplish little or nothing.
Lawyers are inherently corrupt. Their reason for being is to win at any cost right or wrong. There was a case here, all of this is in the news. The defense attorney claimed to be a marine vet, there are dishonorable marines. His defense was incompetence. His client was following every word and movement in the court room and reacting. The attorney has used the same defense before in a murder trial of a woman who killed a young mother in broad daylight at a child care and took her infant. This defendant killed three people in a drunken head on. How can you defend that and be a man of principle? There is a myth in everyone deserving a fair trial.
” There is a myth in everyone deserving a fair trial.”
A myth? So what do you propose? Imprisonment/execution based on allegation?
the defense attorney normally knows whether or not his client committed the crime...However, since everyone is, indeed, entitled to a fair trial, is is the OBLIGATION of the defense to insure that a fair trial is conducted. We don't need vigilante justice...a few guilty do get off (O.J.Simpson for example) But, I assure you that if you were the accused, guilty or not, you'd want a fair trial