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This is a very smart move by LA ...

Posted on 5/13/17 at 12:47 pm
Posted by scrooster
Resident Ethicist
Member since Jul 2012
38018 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 12:47 pm
No public defender = plead guilty, save money.

Louisiana Can’t Afford to Pay for Public Defenders, So Inmates Are Pleading Guilty

https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/12/louisiana-can-t-afford-to-pay-for-jailhouse-lawyers-so-inmates-are-pleading-guilty

No, seriously ... great idea.
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
112937 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 12:49 pm to
Is this where small government conservatives will shite all over the constitution
Posted by tiger1014
Member since Jan 2011
12522 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 1:14 pm to
Sad

Everyone should have the right to counsel
Posted by shinerfan
Duckworld(Earth-616)
Member since Sep 2009
22710 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 1:17 pm to
This isn't a new problem. Having a Louisiana public pretender isn't a big step up from having no lawyer at all. Its been that way all my life.
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 1:18 pm to
The governor should walk around everywhere in a military uniform festooned with medals and ribbons so Louisiana can truly embrace its banana republic identity.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
53545 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 1:19 pm to
Good. I just hope they aren't giving the criminals reduced sentences if they plead guilty
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
44208 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 2:24 pm to
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Louisiana Can’t Afford to Pay for Public Defenders

Geez.
I didn't realize Louisiana was that bad off.
Posted by InTheDetails
Real, USA
Member since Jul 2014
774 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 2:50 pm to
You're lost
Posted by UHTiger
Member since Jan 2007
5231 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 3:23 pm to
Yeah due process and the basic foundations of our legal system are unnecessary.
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22478 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 3:28 pm to
"Like most people standing in the caged area of the visiting room, Carter is black." Why is this even relevant? Why is this in here if not to taint the article with imagined racism? The press has to stop this shite. Really.
Posted by mmcgrath
Indianapolis
Member since Feb 2010
35510 posts
Posted on 5/13/17 at 5:32 pm to
Legalize pot and small amounts of some other drugs and you will have plenty of attorneys.
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