It would be nice to live in a society when the certainty of someone having committed a crime directly relates to the justice system&#x27;s proclamation of guilt.<p>Instead, for most Americans, for whom a competent lawyer is outside of the range of reasonable cost, we only get public defenders. A prosecutor&#x27;s career is built on the back of successful convictions, whether just or not, while a public defender&#x27;s career is built on the number of cases they can speedily close. For both, the most advantageous and therefore most common resolution is a guilty plea bargain.<p>&quot;N Guilty Men&quot; philosophical debates are too far above today&#x27;s justice system for serious consideration.