The thing is that all the institutional arguments for why a defense attorney is necessary for even the most guilty & malevolent person are completely accurate & nonetheless don't erase the argument their defense attorney is attempting to thwart anecdotal moral justice to ensure collective justice.

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So I'm gonna take the devil's advocate position here and observe that it actually is understandable people ask this question, particularly in a time as absolutely rife with elite impunity as ours. It IS, actually, an ethically difficult duty to be the defense for a bad person & try to thwart justice

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but the whole goddamn premise of trek--yes, including TOS--is that with science, reason, teamwork, faith, honesty, openness--all those old-fashioned liberal virtues--you can overcome these horrifying obstacles, overcome violence, overcome war and destructions

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"what if we made the entire show out of kirk's worst self"

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what latter-day trek failed to *believe*--and this starts with abrams imo--is that all that peace and diplomacy stuff actually works "oh all the talking is cute, it's Right, but it's actually just a cute little luxury, at the end we must resort to Force"

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