The Defense Culpability Act stated that, if an attorney tried to defend an accused person of a crime, and he or she failed to find the accused "not guilty", the attorney would be subjected to the same punishment as the accused. Under that act, many defense attorneys met with grizzly fates; some were sent to prison, subjected to slavery, or even received the death penalty. It was for this very reason that, before Phoenix Wright came along, there had been no attorneys left in Khura'in, and why Ahlbi Ur'gaid tried to dissuade Wright from defending him. However, the law was not restricted only to defense attorneys, but also applied to anybody assisting a person who was eventually found guilty in court, no matter their reason for doing so or whether or not they were doing it willingly.