Hot take, being a good defense lawyer shouldn't be thought bad of since it's the DA who accepts the deal and the Judge to rubber stamp it. Blame DAs and the Justice Department(s) for being pussies and overcharging without good goddamn evidence (or allowing themselves to be bullied by glowies).
Plus defending your client to the best of your ability even if they're guilty as sin just on the off chance they're not 3 parallel universes away is an American past time since Benjamin Motherfucking Franklin, and I rather like that part of our ethos.
You know, like what Trump and the J6ers deserve since they've been treated as guilty until proven guiltier by the judiciary and public, so mayhaps I'm a bit biased towards innocent until proven guilty, actually upholding what our Justice System should be instead of the 'uwu protect illegals, let DA's play fuck fuck games' it's become.