They seem slick and speak a language all their own, while the rest of society is vulnerable to their litigation. They tell us we cannot have a manger displayed on a courthouse lawn because it violates the separation of church and state. They get guilty clients off on a technicality, and it seems they fight for the rights of criminals at the expense of the greater good. Lawyers don't seem to be interested in justice. The truth is that most lawyers are not supposed to be interested in justice.
Lawyers are only spokespersons for their clients and nothing more.
Lawyers do not have to make moral judgments about the actions or beliefs of their clients. It is not their job to do so. Lawyers are responsible to execute their clients' cases in the most effective way possible. If the argument is nothing more than a lie, then the lawyer must present that lie in the most effective way possible. Jerry Spence and most other defense lawyers do not want to know whether or not their clients have committed the double homicide.