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Under the U.S. Constitution, you have a right to an attorney regardless of your ability to pay. Do you think public defenders are enslaved?
by neonnoodle 4y ago
Under the U.S. Constitution, you have a right to an attorney regardless of your ability to pay. Do you think public defenders are enslaved?
- emaginniss 4y agoMy father was. He was a corporate attorney in New Jersey in the 80s and the state ran out of public defenders. The state required that all attorneys that were practicing under the NJ Bar serve as a public defender without pay. They got around the slavery aspect by just encoding it as a requirement for maintaining good standing as an attorney.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThat's not slavery. Your father could've quit, changed careers, moved to another state, etc. Slaves don't get to do that.
- lesuorac 4y agoInteresting, federally you get paid [1] but not-federally you don't [2]. [1]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3006A https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3006A [2]: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/supreme-court/1992/126-n-j-591-1.html https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/supreme-court/1992/1...