[lbo-talk] jury duty

Michael Hoover hooverm at scc-fl.edu
Thu May 18 14:44:34 PDT 2006



>>> ddclaxton at earthlink.net 05/18/06 12:37 PM >>>
Michael H. wrote:
>as for defense attorneys, plea bargaining offers (among other things,
>including going to trial with losing case and/or appearing to
>provide no service to their clients) them opportunity to handle more
>clients and make more money...

Criminal defense attorneys, most of them anyway, don't make tons of money because their clients,most of them, don't have a lot of money. <<<<<>>>>>

didn't suggest they made tons of money, but that plea bargaining gives them opportunity to represent more clients and make more money than if they were embroiled in lengthy trials...

in any event, about 75% of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders/court-appointed attorneys/legal aid society lawyers, conventional wisdom holds that low-income defendants get inferior representation as a result but research appears mixed on this matter...

mh

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