jon: i m sure you have defended people with whom you didn t exactly agree, maybe not the most savory character -gs in t s in the world. what about this? do they have a point? first of all, jon i think you re right onto say you feel sorry for the lawyers because criminal defense attorneys aren t pictures of people riding in on white hoursess with a white hat. this is so difficult. what the judge is asking them to do is sit next to this guy, basically while he executes himself, because there is such a thing in the law as defense of a third party, so if he shot somebody to defend somebody else who was in imminent danger of deadly physical force that is a legitimate defense. the defense that he s putting forth right now is not a legitimate defense, so he s basically just allowing himself to be convicted. and these lawyers, i believe the head lawyer is a lieutenant colonel, these are real professional attorneys in military law. to have a judge say i need you