john had stolen some money, and the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. he said secretly to him, jim, i should be grateful to you if you could persuade the other membersof the jury to add a strong recommendationfor mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty. well , john. answered jim, i shall certainly try to do what i can for you as an old friend. the jury found john guilty with a strong recommendation for mercy. jim visited him inprison, and john thanked him warmly and asked him how he ahd managed to persuade the other memebers of the jury to recommende mercy. jim answered, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but i managed it in the end by tiring them out. do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!

이 글의 제목이 defend me from my friends! 라고 하는데 왜 그런가요?