He does not contemplate it as someone, instead he sees it as an “it” that implicates you as a thing instead of a human being. When you defend someone as a “thing” or a “thing” it gives a clear picture of the level of respect you have for someone that the lawyer failed to show throughout the entire case defending Jefferson. This also shows that the lawyer is not on Jefferson's side because he himself works for the government as a lawyer, so he will not come to the lawyer whether he is guilty or not. Overall, both the prosecutor and the lawyer displayed similar traits in Jefferson's case because they degraded him, intending to make him so