Lawyers don’t operate in the realm of conviction. They operate in the realm of who is paying them. If you are being paid by the defense, you will put up the best defense you can. If you are being paid by the prosecution, you will make the best case for the prosecution that you can.
There is no lawyer that will do this. No reputable lawyer in the country will try to do a bad job for his client, because he’s convinced his client is wrong.
We aren’t France, under the Napoleanic system, where the accused has to prove his innocence before a not guilty verdict can be given.
I don’t think anyone is saying he should have done a bad job for his client. If you are hired to defend a murderer, then do it, so be it. But just let it be, don’t try to play both sides.
> 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.