alt Hacker Newsdoes Canada not have public defenders? I know they're overworked but, c'mon, surely they can do better than they did?
I want to see the transcripts.
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thephyber • yesterday at 11:33 PM
If you find them, let us know.
In the US public defenders don't have time to try cases. They are basically plea bargain assistants.
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the defendant hired a private lawyer, Peter Planetta, who resigned from the Nova Scotia Barrister's Society a few months after the defendant was sentenced.
sources: https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/halifax/appeal-court-qu... and https://nsbs.org/general-notices/council-approves-resignatio...