Instead of asking Public Defenders, "how can you defend those people?", you should be asking prosecutors and police, "how can you prosecute and arrest those people?"
Here is a reminder of who "those people" that prosecutors and police, rarely ever have to account for:
@alterbridge Our son entered the world as “Rise Today” played in 2020. My husband realized he loved me as y’all played “Blackbird” live in 2011. “Buried Alive” still gets me through all the bad days. “Watch Over You” makes me appreciative. This album has served as the soundtrack to our lives.
I did my first kickflip today since breaking my femur 7 months ago.
It was difficult.
It was painful.
It was sloppy.
It was [possibly] payback for me harassing strangers to do the same.
But it was gratifying beyond words.
Find your metaphorical kickflip and don’t quit on it.
A district judge in Austin has ordered that the state of Texas cannot pursue child abuse investigations against parents providing gender-affirming care to their children if those families are members of the advocacy group PFLAG https://t.co/9yI873tq8L
Public Defense is meant to provide legal aid to those that cannot afford it, countless people are "too rich" for PDs but too poor to afford hiring a lawyer.
In honor of Labor day, here is a thread on the ways working class Americans are denied access to legal representation
On a day of many thoughts, my heart breaks especially for the most marginalized members of our society. The burden is almost always heaviest for those who are already burdened.
When President Clinton banned assault rifles in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%. After Republicans let the ban expire in 2004, they increased by 243% — please don’t tell me bans don’t work, because I don’t want to hear it.