A robust adversarial system can be good. What most folks experience in the US isn't a robust system that is anywhere near fair to both sides. Many defense lawy

A robust adversarial system can be good. What most folks experience in the US isn't a robust system that is anywhere near fair to both sides. Many defense lawyers are paid for by the state. Not all, but most. But they aren't really paid equally in most cases: Defense lawyers provided by the state tend to be overworked and not have enough time to adequately help folks. I'm not sure anywhere has laws that mean they get as much money and time as the prosecution has to put towards a case. They aren't paid on par with private defense lawyers either, unfortunately. An adversarial system is only good if both parties have similar support. When one side is obviously disadvantaged when the defendant is too poor to hire a lawyer outright, the benefits of the adversarial system are fewer.