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I pulled this:

• Subverted in Bloom County: Steve Dallas's clients are generally homicidal maniacs on trial for murder. Steve usually ends up getting them let off, with disastrous results. In a memorable instance, a little old lady on trial for killing her husband is put under house arrest—in Steve's house. He tries to sell the film rights to Disney.
  • And then aliens reversed Steve's morality, and he acted as the prosecutor against his latest murderer client. "He murdered the entire Moose Lodge ... stabbed them. Brutally. With their own antlers."

A good lawyer who defends bad clients - because they sincerely believe The Law Is Equal to Everyone - is a subversion. A bad lawyer who defends good clients - because they're money's as good as anyone's - would also be also a subversion. A bad lawyer with bad clients is just an Amoral Attorney.

"One time in particular, Matt takes the case of a client who he believes to be innocent because of his heartbeat. It's only after he's gotten the client declared innocent of the charges that he realizes he was guilty, but had a pacemaker."

Which is probably Artistic License -Medicine, because that's not how the darn thing necessarily works. It adjust the heart's rhythm if it goes off beat (sorry) or is too slow; most models don't maintain the heartbeat at a specific, steady pace.

"Most pacemakers have a sensing mode that inhibits the pacemaker from sending impulses when the heartbeat is above a certain level. It allows the pacemaker to fire when the heartbeat is too slow. These are called demand pacemakers." Artificial Pacemaker

"An artificial pacemaker for the heart works by supplementing the heart's natural rhythm. Conditions like 'sick sinus syndrome' or 'heart block' are characterised by the heart's inability to beat regularly and effectively. Symptoms may include irregular heart rate, tiredness, dizziness and loss of consciousness." Cardiac pacemakers

Isn't the reason behind this because most of the time the episode doesn't end until someone is found giulty even if they have to through two or three defendants?