At the end of Chapter 11, what are the comparisons Michael makes to his predicament with the trial?

Michael firsts asks, rhetorically, if someone is racing to his own destruction, do you save him? Or if there is a patient who is a drug user (and the drug is not compatible with anesthetic), does one tell the anesthesiologist, even though the drug user is ashamed of being an addict and does not want to be exposed? Michael imagines a trial in which the defendant is gay, and could not have committed the crime because he is gay, but is too ashamed to admit it--all of these situations he compares to his knowledge of Hanna's illiteracy and her unwillingness to admit it.