Defendants who can afford expensive private defense lawyers have a lower conviction rate than those who rely on court...
andreaskormusisAugust 12, 2020
Just to reiterate
So basically, say there are 1000 criminals. Also say 50% of all criminals who are publicly defended and 50% of people who are privately defended are guilty of their crimes (not convicted, just are guilty prior to conviction). Hence, If there are an even percentage of guilty criminals yet a higher amount of guilty convictions with public defenders, the deciding factor is the expensive private defender. Does that logic make sense?
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That logic makes sense as long as you're assuming that ALL other factors are equal (geography, difficulty of convicting someone in a particular area, etc.). If we include those necessary assumptions, then yes, you are correct.
