The only person even remotely happy about this case is the public defender, Emily Fleischmann. This is her big break. If she handles this case even semi-competently, it could land her a huge career advancement to a good law firm due to national relevance of the case (mostly because it occurred in a Walmart). Try to remember that when she starts requesting things for a clearly guilty man. She knows he's guilty,  but she's going to provide the best defense she possibly can.