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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 2617716" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>I'm pretty much in disagreement with most of what you have posted. I spent 20yrs in the courts as a liaison for law enforcement. Most of the public defenders that I knew were hard working, diligent attorneys. Many were very committed to public service and defending those without their own attorneys. In many cases, public defenders would get financial resources to hire expert witnesses or get assistance with complex cases. A public defender's job is not "to get you to confess and take a plea deal", as you have stated.</p><p></p><p>Do you really believe what you posted; "Maybe they should be making it so that people with money can't get bail"? Non-violent offends who are unlikely to engage in a repeat offence and who are likely to return to court should be released without bail regardless of their financial situation. Bail is a useful tool and the lack of cash bail is putting career offenders back on the streets the very same day they were arrested. How many of them do you suspect will voluntarily return to court and face a multitude of charges that will likely get them incarcerated? By putting them back on the streets, when there is a propensity to continually commit crimes, is just further stacking the deck against them and putting innocent citizens at risk.</p><p></p><p>NYC Mayor Adams has, himself, been fighting to overturn the no-cash-bail laws in NY. He used many statistics in support of his arguments. The most glaring statistic was that the 10 ten most prolific criminals in NY have committed 500 crimes, yes, just 10 street thugs. Some of those 10 thugs are still walking the streets. Had the system worked, they would have all been in jail long before 50 crimes were committed, never mind 500. It is outrageous what is going on here in NY.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 2617716, member: 313"] I'm pretty much in disagreement with most of what you have posted. I spent 20yrs in the courts as a liaison for law enforcement. Most of the public defenders that I knew were hard working, diligent attorneys. Many were very committed to public service and defending those without their own attorneys. In many cases, public defenders would get financial resources to hire expert witnesses or get assistance with complex cases. A public defender's job is not "to get you to confess and take a plea deal", as you have stated. Do you really believe what you posted; "Maybe they should be making it so that people with money can't get bail"? Non-violent offends who are unlikely to engage in a repeat offence and who are likely to return to court should be released without bail regardless of their financial situation. Bail is a useful tool and the lack of cash bail is putting career offenders back on the streets the very same day they were arrested. How many of them do you suspect will voluntarily return to court and face a multitude of charges that will likely get them incarcerated? By putting them back on the streets, when there is a propensity to continually commit crimes, is just further stacking the deck against them and putting innocent citizens at risk. NYC Mayor Adams has, himself, been fighting to overturn the no-cash-bail laws in NY. He used many statistics in support of his arguments. The most glaring statistic was that the 10 ten most prolific criminals in NY have committed 500 crimes, yes, just 10 street thugs. Some of those 10 thugs are still walking the streets. Had the system worked, they would have all been in jail long before 50 crimes were committed, never mind 500. It is outrageous what is going on here in NY. [/QUOTE]
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