> If you are being paid by the defense, you will put up the best defense you can. <
Right. But that doesn’t mean you have to take the case in the first place. I do not fault Dershowitz much for defending Simpson. Simpson’s guilt or innocence was up in the air at the time.
But Dershowitz had to know Epstein was a monster from the get-go, and would continue to be a monster.
Do you think that lawyers should only defend someone who is innocent?
Dershowitz got Epstein 13 months in jail, so it’s possible he did the ethical thing and not get him declared not guilty, but rather have him admit guilt and get the least punishment instead.