PepperJack wrote:Taking jobs and debt out of the equation, a competitive market for public defenders is a great thing for our legal system. The amount of people convicted despite all evidence in their favor because of an incompetent lawyer is what gave our justice system a bad name.
It is not the quality, dumbass. It's the supply and funding. Doesn't matter how many lawyers we graduate, if we continue to hire the same number of PDs and give them an embarrassingly low-budget for investigations, resources, and staff while sticking them with an ever-increasing number of crimes, clients, and over-sentencing, justice is going to falter.
