[Vision2020] Public Defenders Office

[bubba jones]

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I know you will, but I don't think it's the job 
of the public defender to help set guilty people free.  Isn't it rather his 
job to make sure the state has a case, can prove its case and has not 
violated any of the defendant's rights?  What people don't seem to remember 
is that the person accused of the crime knows whether he/she did it or not.  
If the accused actually did the crime Isn't it in his best interest to try 
and get a lesser sentence by making a deal with the prosecutor?

It doesn't seem right to judge the PD based upon how many cases he brings to 
trial.  He may do better by his client by not going to trial.

IMHO B. Jones

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