The typical accused criminal in the US pays exactly zero to defend himself. The counties and states are more efficient than the feds, and as it happens, your t

The typical accused criminal in the US pays exactly zero to defend himself. The counties and states are more efficient than the feds, and as it happens, your typical burglar/rapist/drunk driver/drug dealer is, in fact, guilty, and plea bargains a year or five in the pen. But, when the feds want to railroad a person, well, that person gets railroaded. He probably should have skipped bail.