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Misdemeanor Courts a Waste of Time and Money, Says Defense Lawyers Group

By ADF Alliance Alert

The National Law Journal: "Misdemeanor courts are a waste of time and money. So claims the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, which on Tuesday issued a first-of-its-kind national report on the status of misdemeanor courts across the country. The report, which involved 18 months' worth of research at courts in seven states, concluded that state and local governments are wasting millions of tax dollars to prosecute petty offenses . . . Courts are also violating the constitutional rights of citizens who are being hauled into court, the report claims, and often coerced into cutting deals without legal representation."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).