No , I agree with you , the judge made the right decision . However , the case wasn ' t exactly handled smoothly . The judge also made some pretty questionable statements after the fact , but again , I think the right decision was made without a doubt . Does that mean that Ghomeshi is exonerated in the court of public opinion ? No , far from it and like I said , while I don ' t necessarily agree with these people I can understand those who say we shouldn ' t be idolizing the defense lawyer who helped get him off . Lawyers get criminals off all the time because of a lack of evidence or manipulation thereof . It ' s their job , and while I wish we could have justice 100 % of the time , but that ' s impossible , and it ' s better that we work with the evidencebased system we have . Having said that and I ' d even say I respect those lawyers for doing their job whether their client is guilty or no , but I wouldn ' t say that they ' re someone young people should be looking up to .