My god, I feel for these people. When you read stuff like this, you have to wonder why anyone is a public defender and grateful that people sign up. It seems

My god, I feel for these people. When you read stuff like this, you have to wonder why anyone is a public defender and grateful that people sign up. It seems soul crushing even for the most idealistic of people. The caseload results in situations beyond your control that can punish you. I also have to wonder if one of the reasons why we have so many people in jail is because we have hugely overworked public defenders.