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The sad thing to me is that there are hundreds upon hundreds of such cases, with apparently a racial component to it as well [1]. As the author and jacquesm in
by imjasonmiller 7y ago
The sad thing to me is that there are hundreds upon hundreds of such cases, with apparently a racial component to it as well [1].
As the author and jacquesm in this thread touched on [2]:
> I don't think my case was directly race related. I do believe that failed public defender systems across the country has a race related component. Most people who need a public defender are either black or poor or both.
1. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-r...
2. https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e63xwa/i_spent_22_years_in_prison_for_a_crime_i_didnt/f9nttqp/ https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e63xwa/i_spent_22_yea...
- setr 7y agoI find it difficult to imagine a sufficiently wealthy black person would struggle to find a lawyer willing to represent him, and be forced to fall back onto public defenders. Most people who need a public defender are poor, and a large portion of the poor population is black.
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