A great percentage of lawyers work with the state and for the state.
If people are innocent, is better to learn some 100 words of legal jargon and the chances of winning your case increase greatly. I done it, for friends.
Don't speak to the judge in plain words, used the words of the court. And don't go to court to get justice.
if you defend yourself won't cost you anything, the majority of the time the lawyer scare you with very frightening consequences.
And then they cut you a deal, but in that deal you always lose, always.