> Things proceed as above, but your lawyer now has ammunition to use to help you in court.
We see it in the news time and time again, that public defenders spend a total of 15 minutes with their clients before trial. If they meet them at all.
We see time and time again that poor Americans spend months waiting for trial. In jail or out on bond (unable to get a job because of the bond).
For poor Americans self-subjugation might be a reasonable legal strategy.
We certainly hear of many innocent people taking a plea bargain, because it was faster than waiting for trial. And because they had no faith in the US justice system.
Just google around, there's lots of problems, pretrial detention is just one reason why poor Americans would be encouraged to submit, rather than demand justice:
http://www.pretrial.org/the-problem/
We see it in the news time and time again, that public defenders spend a total of 15 minutes with their clients before trial. If they meet them at all.
We see time and time again that poor Americans spend months waiting for trial. In jail or out on bond (unable to get a job because of the bond).
For poor Americans self-subjugation might be a reasonable legal strategy.
We certainly hear of many innocent people taking a plea bargain, because it was faster than waiting for trial. And because they had no faith in the US justice system.
Just google around, there's lots of problems, pretrial detention is just one reason why poor Americans would be encouraged to submit, rather than demand justice: http://www.pretrial.org/the-problem/