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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by nukem222 on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @09:21AM (#43482001)
> In most times and places, this is true.

Thankfully most of the instances of it not being true exist right now. Let's stay grounded in current reality or just agree not to discuss the topic. Saying "welp what do you expect" is downright worse than ignoring it entirely.

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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by netcan on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @10:12AM (#43482488)
Where is this untrue currently?
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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by nukem222 on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @01:46PM (#43484761)
Wherever people think their justice system hasn't failed them so completely. So, this includes many people in the developed world. Approximation of justice was always a matter of degree, not a boolean.
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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by netcan on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @02:28PM (#43485253)
People think their justice system sucks or is wonderful, because the king is from their tribe. Or... when media fashion is to venerate rather than critique. Or when religious attitudes preference one or the other position.

It can (usually does) have nothing to do with how well the justice system works, or whether it favors those who can afford a good lawyer.

Anyway... name a country. Where's this country with just justice?

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