the defense will always have less time and money to get their own expert witness, and i can tell you for absolute certainty that there is way more demand than s

the defense will always have less time and money to get their own expert witness, and i can tell you for absolute certainty that there is way more demand than supply for defense experts. and yes they have a million other disadvantages that are SUPPOSED to be balanced by the advantage that the standard burden of proof offers. but that is clearly failing if prosecution experts are running rampant with few checks, and 95-98%(!) of criminal cases plead out before a trial even occurs. public defenders are time constrained in the extreme(https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/31/us/public-defender-case-loads.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/31/us/public-def...), and public defendants are financially constrained in the extreme. its a terrible mixture.