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suzzer99yesterday at 4:07 PM1 replyview on HN

I would say much more likely that it was because she was poor and couldn't afford a good lawyer.


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AngryDatayesterday at 4:38 PM

This, she likely had a shitty public defender that did the bare minimum requirements because they were catering to paying clients. The state was playing hardball because they wanted to make a profit off the poor person with a shitty defense and the public defender was sitting on the bench at a teeball tournament because they werent getting paid enough and didn't want to try.