Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to nothing for investigation and effectively works for starvation wages.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to.
A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
A lawmaker cannot be pro-sequester while also purporting to be pro-national security or supportive of a strong economy.
Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.
The role of the defense is to be an advocate for their client, regardless of whether he did it or not, within the bounds of the law.
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.