Yes, I speak up for her. When it's needed. When Aleera attacked her, I told her warden and made sure Aleera was punished. When Sylar wanted more powers, I made it very clear he wasn't going to be getting hers. However, when she gets killed in a Pleasantville port because she decides to go on a freaking rampage? Yeah, I'm not going to be exactly comforting. What, should I act like there was nothing wrong with a little armed robbery because she was killed?

Maybe if she had some incentive to actually let people around her live long enough to meet them, she'd be a little more willing to not kill out of the goodness of her heart in the future.

It's probably a bit easier to talk when your inmate's crimes are...what, selling too much?