 A lot of times people ask me, do you represent people if they're actually guilty every day? But that's where people miss the point. The goal of a lawyer is a couple things. Number one, sometimes to mitigate the circumstances. That means instead of the client doing a year in county jail, they do 30 days. Or sometimes instead of going on probation for two years, they pay a fine and pay restitution, pay the victim back up front. Many times the lawyer is there to navigate the client through the difficult maze of the criminal justice system, even though they're guilty. There are many circumstances where the person committed a crime and there is a good legal basis to defend the case. Sometimes a person suffers from a mental illness. Sometimes they're addicted to a drug where you can help them get the help for that and counseling so that they you've solved their life problem. But every person is guilty is entitled to the presumption of innocence and also the government to prove them guilty beyond and to the exclusion of any reasonable doubt.