Originally Posted by
The Xl
That's correct. At least half the time, the defendant is either being harassed by the state over some petty bullshit or outright falsely charged, then they need to give an arm and a leg to hire one of you guys, which, of course, even if the defendant wins, the state doesn't compensate for the financial loss. Then to top it all off, to add insult to injury, the defendant needs to play the game and grovel, wear particular attire, address the judge as your honor as if he's a higher being or something, etc.
Would sure be nice if the system was cleaned up, if measures were taken to prevent against fraudulent lawsuits, if nonsensical crimes were done away with, if the state had to compensate those who were falsely charged, and if the justice system was actually about blind justice for all and about upholding the peace and not about pay to play, subsiding your industry at the direct expensive of peoples money and freedom, and about ego. But their is too much money to be made and too much of a power trip for that to ever happen.