I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed.
There has to be some limit to what lawyers can take from their clients. Otherwise, cagey attorneys end up with the lion's share of the settlement and the victims end up with little more than scraps.
Actually, attorneys say, copying a purchased CD for even one friend violates the federal copyright code most of the time.
The American people are screaming out saying it's unfair that the wealthiest, the largest corporations who can afford the best attorneys, the best accountants, take advantage of these special tax treatments that the lobbyists have, along with lawmakers, have cooked in the books here.