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Xen9
on July 23, 2024
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Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction un...
I do not live in the US, but I believe that parity between US annual national prosecutorial funding and annual national public defense funding could alleviate the problem.
dgfitz
on July 23, 2024
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Turn the nation into a conglomerate of lawyers instead of defense contractors.
Man does that sound fucking god damn awful. No thank you.
sincarne
on July 24, 2024
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You misunderstand. The previous comment was about public defenders, not defence contractors.
dgfitz
on July 29, 2024
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Oh I understood. You must not understand. Public defenders are lawyers.
Xen9
on Aug 3, 2024
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The disparity is not huge. It'd not cause a huge structural change, and the decreased jail time could cover part of expenses.
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