I really believe you have half a mind to give me your case.

Sir, I know enough, I hope, to defend an innocent man; but I can't promise, offhand, to save him, even from an unjust accusation." "Why not?
Doesn't law stand for justice ?" "Perhaps; in the abstract.

Anyhow, there's a pretty fable to that effect.
But law in the abstract, and law as it is interpreted and applied, are not even second cousins.

To be quite frank, I'd rather defend a guilty person than an innocent one.

The chances are I'd win more easily.