Shouldn’t it be the default and not require the suspect/subject to actually ask for one? Has there ever been any attempt to make that the norm in any countries? I think the only question should be “do you have your own lawyer you like to use, or are you happy enough with the court-appointed one?”
I’m not even sure opting out should be allowed, but I’m open to hearing reasons why that would be a bad system, or indeed a worse system than the one most countries seem to have now. So many miscarriages of justice could have been easily avoided.
Lawyer here! Would just like to say that this is aggressively accurate—Tartarus reference and all.
I can’t imagine how you guys keep it together day-to-day with institutions burning down around you. You’ve got a much closer lens than most. And that much deeper of an insight into just how fucked shit really is.
Mienshao is not only good at martial arts but the practice of law, too? Impressive