I don't think that the public defender is the worst. They are low paid (for lawyers), work for clients who can't afford a lawyer of their own and are so stigmatized people refer to them as the ones that poor people get when they can't afford a "real lawyer." The ones you have to watch out for are the high priced once who have made a name for themselves by beating raps. I saw one on one of those late night TV show (A&E or Court TV) about a rich woman who killed her boyfriend by shooting him in the back while he was sitting down because he was cheating on her. She got a team of high priced lawyers who found what seemed like every person this guy had ever known to dig up dirt on him, every time he'd lost his temper, any time he'd hit someone in a bar room brawl, ect. He claimed that he'd beat her (dispite having no visable brusing ever and the fact that she shot him in the back when he was seated) and she got off with 60 days in jail. Of course we all know about the OJ Simpson Dream team or Michael Jackson's case (not guilty on all counts)
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