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Cannabis counsel pro and con

The gentle herb giveth: (I)t's ok if you can?t afford private counsel. The often abused Public Defenders are among the very best lawyers anywhere. Their standards are high; their training is excellent. The sometimes higher paid members of the ?private bar? often call on them for advice. So that?s a good place to start. You have to judge lawyers, their abilities, and, perhaps more importantly, their interest in you and your marijuana case for yourself... The gentle herb taketh away: Few people can afford to go the distance with the Justice Department, and are conducted to their confinement by the Judas Goats of the public defender service, pawns of the prosecutors, understaffed, and paid on the basis of supposed merit by the judges, most of whom are also ex-prosecutors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).