InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoGuess how many public defenders the entire state of Mississippi has.NSFWhexbear.netimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1imageGuess how many public defenders the entire state of Mississippi has.NSFWhexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
Nitter Video - Mississippi’s public defender system in crisis as some wait years for court-appointed lawyer
minus-squareButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI don’t wish to pigeonhole people, but public defenders whom I’ve met have had parents able to pay for their tuition.
minus-squareGaveUp [love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agoI mean that make sense, everybody else who wants to be a public defender probably can’t even consider it a viable option due to the finances
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThink of it like an underpaid internship. You get experience and eventually you can build up a private defense practice while still getting referrals from the public defender office.
I don’t wish to pigeonhole people, but public defenders whom I’ve met have had parents able to pay for their tuition.
I mean that make sense, everybody else who wants to be a public defender probably can’t even consider it a viable option due to the finances
Think of it like an underpaid internship. You get experience and eventually you can build up a private defense practice while still getting referrals from the public defender office.