You are hopelessly misinformed. The article is about prison violence, not the courtroom backlog. Secondly, it is defendants who plead not guilty, not their lawyers.

You seem to be suggesting that defendants should be more concerned with the smooth operation of Canada's prisons and courtrooms than their own guilt or innocence. But if everyone pleaded guilty, prisons would be even more overcrowded and violence would likely be an even bigger problem.

What piffle. Did you go to Trump university?