Thanks! Always amazing info from you and more or less answered my question/ devils advocate point. Couple follow ups;
What do you see the logical outcome of this is then? Basically, if a person is charged with a crime and legal aide no longer exists, I (think) what you’re saying is that the court still has to somehow arrange for a defense attorney if a defendant cannot afford one (is this right?) and, if so, is that the responsibility of the judge / court clerks or the defendant to demonstrate they can’t afford a lawyer to the judge instead of this other independent body that administered all of that?
Doesn’t a crime need to be prosecuted / heard within a set timeframe? Do you see risk then that this could delay court proceedings to an extent that crimes may not even be able to be heard because they lapse beyond that timeframe and then no day in court is even had and the charged simply just goes free?
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