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A man was accused of shooting a few individuals and he couldn't afford a private lawyer with would have coast him $3,000 up front. So he was appointed a public defender. The case is still going on, but all we know is that because this man has a brand new public defender he is loosing the case. Also this case is very hard to win since all the evidence points to him; there is also an eye witness. But it would be a fair fight if he did have a private lawyer.

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A guy in New Orleans was accused of shooting a woman so before his hearing he hired a private firm to represent him in his case. All of the evidence showed that he wasn't even close to the crime scene . He was in Texas with his pregnant wife. He was released the next. He stated that he wouldn't have won the case if he had a public defender.

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By increasing taxes it will allow for the government to increase public defenders pay. This will allow for public defenders to be more enthusiastic about their job and the whole system will improve due to the raise in taxes.

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Public defenders have over 3,000 cases a year. Most lawyers don't even come near to this. In oder to make the system run better more public defenders are needed. In oder to do this we need to hire more lawyers for this position. In New orleans there are only 51 public defenders. That math equals 1 lawyer for 60 cases.

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Public defenders most of the time lack experience and most are fresh out
of law school.

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Public defenders are considered a worker for the government, and when you work for the government you get government pay. For the amount of work public defenders do they are payed so little. When they start their pay is $47,500 and can increase to as much as $76,000. (2016

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When people are convicted and can't afford a lawyer, the government will appoint a public defender. Public defenders are the most hard working set in the legal bar. They take over 500 felonies and over 2,225 misdemeanors a year.