Sandhusker said:
Uh-oh, I think I find myself leaning towards Obama on this one. I had better go take a shower quick, I'm feeling so filthy all of a sudden.
The sixth amendment of the US constitution protects the right of criminal suspects to be "represented by counsel", but the Obama regime argues that this merely means to "protect the adversary process" in a criminal trial.
Yep-- up until about 15-20 years ago-- a person arrested could go into court- make a plea- and even be sentenced to prison if they plead guilty without having an attorney with them- or a public defender assigned to them if they had no attorney...
Many who knew they were guilty did so......
Then the courts/attorneys got carried overboard and almost forced you to have an attorney before you could enter a plea (many Judges require it)- or be sentenced-- and in my belief carried the "right to counsel" way overboard- which cost taxpayers $ Zillions in public defender fees....
Back in the 70's we had a case where the guy sexually assaulted his daughter one night- we were called on it in the early morning hours - arrested the fellow- he appeared before the District Judge that afternoon on the information and belief filed by the County Attorney- pled Guilty- was sentenced- and was on the way to the State Prison that evening......
Now he'd have to sit in Jail (or be out on bail) for months getting an attorney appointed- and going thru Dog and Pony shows before he could even plead guilty.....
And the taxpayers would be picking up the cost for each step....