What has become of our public defender system?

When I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn, the Legal Aid Society and the Brooklyn Defender Service were my opposing counsel. As a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in D.C., the D.C. Public Defender’s Office was our adversary. All of these offices had stellar attorneys and appeared to have adequate funding and resources. Their goal was to provide effective assistance of counsel to their clients. They truly fought for their clients.

But that’s not the case nationally.,,,