Мафия 6. The Will of Swamps

Damn, I'm torn between Rift and Liz... Both subjects are suspicious!

I need to decide ;) It will be too late later, if he gets hanged, the evidence probably won't be useful again, and it might implicate me. Although a couple of people are very interested (or maybe not) in the execution, while the rest just agree and vote like everyone else...
Game Master question: What is the practical purpose of depriving a character of Night Defense for the next night? Maybe it would be better to just leave them without Night Defense right away?