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From one of the best lawyer blogs in this universe, a real problem is revealed.
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2009/01/05/when-the-defense-becomes-part-of-the-solution.aspx or click sig
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As the public defenders relieve the pressure on the system by walking their charges through the courthouse and into the jails at an ever-increasingly brisk pace, the need for outside criminal defense will subside and the efficient conviction of miscreants will allow for the smooth imposition of "justice" without the disruption that old-time criminal defense lawyers would cause. The few who hold the position and maintain the archaic belief in defending their clients, raising a ruckus about their budgets and caseload, will be replaced by nouveau defenders who make swift work of the problem.
The private indigent defense bar will no longer be needed. Thanks for all your help, but it's now time to find other work. The retained bar will still have a few high profile cases, over which they will fight tooth and nail, meaning by ever-more offensive marketing and lower fees, but when there isn't enough work to keep them in Brioni, they too will quietly walk away toward wills and estates. And the government will find no one left to disagree with them, making for a very effective criminal justice system from their point of view.
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Sound crazy? Check back in five or ten years and see the consequences of Shirk's Disease. It can be stopped, but only if we recognize the symptoms.
If you have not heard of elected Public Defender Matt Shirk, then you need to Google that bastard!
