That public defenders have scarce resources to do their job is about as surprising as the fact that people living in poverty don't invest in the stock market.
> My clients, like the millions of other people in the United States who are currently represented by public defenders, deserve better.
The poor are massively underserved, disenfranchised, disrespected, demoralized and more in this country -- no doubt about it.
Unfortunately, the unfair justice system is step 1000 in a chain of events with powerful institutional momentum.
We cannot even begin to address this without addressing economic disparity first.
> My clients, like the millions of other people in the United States who are currently represented by public defenders, deserve better.
The poor are massively underserved, disenfranchised, disrespected, demoralized and more in this country -- no doubt about it.
Unfortunately, the unfair justice system is step 1000 in a chain of events with powerful institutional momentum.
We cannot even begin to address this without addressing economic disparity first.