On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
Whether you're rich or poor the state is OBLIGED to provide you an attorney.
Provided that you are willing to execute complete financial disclosure forms, and attest to their accuracy, *and* provided that this disclosure backs your assertion that you cannot afford an attorney. This is from personal experience ;-) As I understand it: Yes, you are entitled to an attorney, however, that does *not* mean that the State *must* pay for it. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------