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My suspicion is the Public Defenders’ offices are nearly universally underfunded and overworked, so the only way to make this work is to make sure they’re resou
by macintux 6y ago
My suspicion is the Public Defenders’ offices are nearly universally underfunded and overworked, so the only way to make this work is to make sure they’re resourced appropriately, which would be a tough battle politically.
- akvadrako 6y agoIt sounds like a good idea. It might be easier to get public support for being "tough on police" then defending accused criminals.
- ciarannolan 6y ago>My suspicion is the Public Defenders’ offices are nearly universally underfunded and overworked [...] By design.
- ardy42 6y ago> My suspicion is the Public Defenders’ offices are nearly universally underfunded and overworked, so the only way to make this work is to make sure they’re resourced appropriately, which would be a tough battle politically. That would be a worthy battle in itself. Public Defenders' offices should be funded as well as criminal prosecutors' offices, and organizationally be (at least) peers of them.