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<blockquote data-quote="JimFromTN" data-source="post: 2617737" data-attributes="member: 113268"><p>I have no doubt that public defenders work hard. Many of them have to handle over a thousand cases a year. How effective can they be with that kind of workload? How much time can they spend on an individual case? My knowledge comes from someone who was put into the system. He was pushed to take a plea. The public defender did no leg work. He met with his attorney maybe 5 minutes a week if he met that week. My understanding is that this is quite common. I am sure there are public defenders who work over a hundred hours a week and spend their own money. I believe they are in the minority. Not many people go to law school to get out and make $50k a year working 100 hours a week. Thats the average salary of a public defender in TN, by the way</p><p></p><p>As for what I believe, I believe that everyone should be equal regardless of how much is in their bank account. I believe the constitution should apply to everyone regardless of wealth. If a non violent offender with no previous offenses has to sit in jail until a trial because that person does not have the money for bail then why not make everyone sit in jail until their trial? Isn't that fair? Why should we favor wealth? Seems like people are so worried about violent repeat offenders getting out that we are willing to sacrifice others for our own safety. I guess its the price they have to pay for our security.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimFromTN, post: 2617737, member: 113268"] I have no doubt that public defenders work hard. Many of them have to handle over a thousand cases a year. How effective can they be with that kind of workload? How much time can they spend on an individual case? My knowledge comes from someone who was put into the system. He was pushed to take a plea. The public defender did no leg work. He met with his attorney maybe 5 minutes a week if he met that week. My understanding is that this is quite common. I am sure there are public defenders who work over a hundred hours a week and spend their own money. I believe they are in the minority. Not many people go to law school to get out and make $50k a year working 100 hours a week. Thats the average salary of a public defender in TN, by the way As for what I believe, I believe that everyone should be equal regardless of how much is in their bank account. I believe the constitution should apply to everyone regardless of wealth. If a non violent offender with no previous offenses has to sit in jail until a trial because that person does not have the money for bail then why not make everyone sit in jail until their trial? Isn't that fair? Why should we favor wealth? Seems like people are so worried about violent repeat offenders getting out that we are willing to sacrifice others for our own safety. I guess its the price they have to pay for our security. [/QUOTE]
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