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ABA drops props on public defenders

By ambimb

Most public defenders don’t give much thought to the ABA; many are not even members. Still, it’s nice when the largest volunteer professional organization in the country puts in a positive word for us. Two weeks ago they asked: What media misconception about your practice, the legal profession or the law in general has you constantly trying to set the record straight? Last week they picked the #9 comment (scroll down) from “Ugh” as the best answer to that question. “Ugh” wrote: That no matter how a criminal case is, if the defendant can afford a top dollar criminal attorney, that attorney can just abracadabra the charges away. Yeah, that’s a pretty good answer. Of course, the #5 response from “Devin” was pretty great, too: The media?s portrayal of public defenders as little more thanincompetent attorneys with no fashion sense as well as that they are inexplicably ?evil? in that they get ?off? the ?guilty?...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on January 25, 2009 (boomark / email).