Intent to Harm
I acted for a member of a vigilante group. My client was charged with various offenses relating to his vigilantism, but most seriously, causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
He wanted to fight the case on a public interest defense point that wasn’t available to him in statute or at common law contrary to my advice. I followed his instructions.
“If the state won’t punish these people properly, then it’s left to men like my client to take the law into their own hands!”
A garbage argument for a whole host of reasons. His laptop was submitted for forensic examination where they found his staggeringly huge database of illicit content.