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Good luck defending "justice is blind," Glenn. As numerous folks come forward to defend some defendants as more worthy of defense, and others less so. And, by dint of who they defend, some lawyers GOOD and others BAD. And, most recently, the new wrinkle of who can afford what kind of defense.
Yeah, I'm surprised at how many people here want to judge lawyers based on the sins of their clients.
Usually, it's the argument you hear from the Right: He defended a child molester! A rapist! A terrorist!
Sure, those scum are entitled to lawyers, but Lawyer X wasn't forced to represent them. He chose it!!!!
Somehow this idiotic claim is magically transformed into something valid if the defendant in question is rich? It's OK to defend a poor child molester but not a rich one? It's OK to defend a bankrupt corporation but not a thriving one? All absurd.
