> Why not freeze the assets of everybody charged with a felony and appoint public defenders? Agreed, but that would either bankrupt the government or make defe

> Why not freeze the assets of everybody charged with a felony and appoint public defenders? Agreed, but that would either bankrupt the government or make defense attorney a much less lucrative career and, therefore, greatly decrease the number of available defense attorneys. > It's almost as though you're saying we don't even need a trial here because the facts are so obviously established. I don't believe it's yet been established in a court of law that any crime was committed, much less that this person committed it. Not at all what I meant. On the contrary, I meant that cases when we the outside viewers realistically know that the defendant isn't clean are probably not the best cases for highlighting the need for a competent defense.