[lbo-talk] jury duty

Michael Hoover hooverm at scc-fl.edu
Thu May 18 15:03:09 PDT 2006



>>> hooverm at scc-fl.edu 05/18/06 5:44 PM >>>
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 <<<<<>>>>>

apologies for applying to self, appear to have inadvertently deleted portion of previous post...

no doubt, heavy caseloads borne by public defenders create problems for low-income criminal defendants, however, representation in such cases is better than for the poor in civil cases... mh

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