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Imagine you are accused of a crime. Your government devotes vast resources to take you from your family and lock you away. You know you need a lawyer in order to prove your innocence. The judge demands that you sell your house to pay for one. Few scenarios are less consistent with our nation’s ideals. Welcome to criminal justice in much of America today, where too often the test of whether a person can or cannot afford a lawyer is so extreme that even the most indigent of defendants may be deemed unworthy of counsel. billmoyers/2014/12/16/need-lawyer-sell-everything/
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 16:35:38 +0000

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