Affording an attorney...

[J.A. Terranson]

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.

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Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at 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...
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