Not always, but money certainly helps. And it s not just the lawyer, but the staff backing him/her. For example, if you were charged with a crime and some sort of non-DNA physical evidence were involved, the prosecution is going to have their forensics team present their interpretation of that evidence. If you have the money to hire a private attorney, that attorney may in turn hire an expert witness, someone in the forensics field, to provide an interpretation of the evidence that is more favorable to you, or present an opinion that the evidence was handled carelessly and could therefore be called into question. Such an attorney might also hire a private investigator who may seek additional evidence or additional witnesses to the crime who dispute the story that you were the perpetrator. Contrast that with someone who relies on a public defender. That attorney does not have the above mentioned resources and probably has more cases than he/she has time for. Unless the case against you is really weak or you have a witness who can establish you were elsewhere at the time the crime occurred, the public defender may suggest that you plead guilty to a lesser charge to avoid a trial and a longer sentence. So with money, you have a much better chance of establishing reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors than you do with a public defender. You re not necessarily quot;doomed from the beginning of the trialquot; if you don t have money, but money sure helps.
Yes, and this is one of the causes of extremism / terrorism to grow.
Have you not heard the expression that in the United States, you get all the justice that money can buy? In other words, you get what you pay for.
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