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Pennsylvania public defense system is unconstitutional, underfunded by at least $100M, new ACLU suit says (www.spotlightpa.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I accidentally broke a law a few years back. (Like for real. I had no idea there was a problem until an investigator told me he would be filing charges.) My Public Defender forgot who I was every time I met with him. His advice was to just plead guilty and get it over with. I got the maximum sentence on a lesser charge.

I don't know law. I trusted his experience, as he had been practicing for decades, but I've since found out that if he had put a little effort into the case, we had some options that would have turned out much better.

Fuck the system. Fuck the police.