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There's a serious problem with quality of representation already. Simply having more public defenders seems likely to me to help, even if some of them aren't a
by ScottBurson 11y ago
There's a serious problem with quality of representation already. Simply having more public defenders seems likely to me to help, even if some of them aren't as emotionally committed to the job as others.
There's also the possibility that someone who starts out just checking a box will discover that there are more shades of gray in these situations than they had realized.
- dragonwriter 11y agoIf you want more public defenders, just fund the public defenders offices better, so that they can pay more lawyers, and pay each of them better. No need to compel people who want to be prosecutors act as public defenders. Just arrange the economic incentives properly.
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