Showing posts with label public defender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public defender. Show all posts

Monday, October 24, 2005

Neoclassical X-TREME!* : Life and Law in Angie-Land

When we hire "public defenders," we should really mean it. The job of the "public defender" is to strive manfully against the prosecutor in the bloody ring of gladiatorial combat, to the entertainment of the jury. (Refreshments will be served). The prosecutor will be armed with a gladius, a helmet, and arm protection, while the public defender will be armed with a net and trident, wearing only a loincloth and an anointment of olive oil over his gleaming body.

This serves two purposes:

1) The "public defender" will now actually have an incentive to, you know, defend, the poor and the weak.

2) It might then actually be fun to do jury duty.

3) Every other country can have their fruity columns, nice inscriptions about Justice, Reason and Enlightenment, and call themselves "neo-classical." We're the only country that's hardcore about it.

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