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Re:The public has a right to know how companies that pay no ... by lordgrenville on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @05:22AM (#24978230)
But prosecutor salaries are (more or less) fixed, so if you let defence attorneys earn the same as prosecutors I don't think this harms the right of the defendant. You have a right to a reasonably good lawyer, but not to be defended by the most brilliant legal mind on earth who could get anybody acquited. The randomisation suggestion sounds good too.
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Re:The public has a right to know how companies that pay no ... by sokoloff on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @08:19AM (#24979354)
A defense attorney is not defending only against a prosecutor in some kind of 1:1 coverage. They're defending against the prosecutor who also has a substantial fraction of the power of the entire government behind them. They can use a large amount of crime lab, detectives, investigators, etc.
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