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Klavender, things are not always so black and white (no pun intended).

Consider the situations of convicts who later were cleared by DNA evidence. We'd assume the prosecutors were champions of truth, justice and morals when they got the convictions... but when it turns out they got convictions against innocent people in those cases, and the criminal defense attorneys were really right all along, then what?

As a juror, I watched a DA get a conviction against a scumbag who was technically innocent of the charges brought but guilty of being a junkie, and several jurors voted to convict him so he would get treatment in prison.

See if you can locate 2 old movies, the original "12 Angry Men" and "Gideon's Trumpet," on the topics of "beyond a reasonable doubt" and "the right to an attorney."

Your question IS still a good one; I think OJ did it; and because of questions like yours, I do NOT practice criminal defense. But I'd guess the prosecutors and defenders both convince themselves they are fulfilling important and necessary roles provided by our constitution, and they'd be correct. To them, that's moral.