Topic: The use of public defenders should be mandatory
public defenders are not always available and not really engaged for the defense of the accused. they seem to not gain real profit from the cases
public defenders are not as good as paid lawyers
public defenders are not as good as private lawyers
Public defenders are not necessarily the best quality lawyers and mandating their use takes choice away from clients.
Public defenders are notorious for working with prosecutors and pushing people into plea deals. This will get worse when everyone gets stuck with one and more innocent people will get punished unjustly.
public defenders are often less experienced and less competent. if someone is accused of a crime it is their right to decide representation. their life depends on it.
public defenders are often not the best at doing their jobs and by making it mandatory to use a public defender they would have no incentive to fight for their clients.
public defenders are often overburdened with the number of cases and thus cannot do a good and thorough job of defending all their clients.
public defenders are often overworked and should only support those who cannot afford another attorney.
public defenders are often overworked and underpaid, making them mandatory would only increase this strain on them.
public defenders are overworked and already with a low salary, thus they may not be that beneficial.
public defenders are overworked and underpaid.  if a person can afford a private lawyer they should be able to get one.   one should be not be stopped from the best defense.
public defenders are overworked with a large case load so it wouldn't be fair for someone who can afford a lawyer to use a public defender.
Public defenders are paid poorly and overworked, once people can no longer become private criminal justice lawyers no one will want to be a public defender and you will have a lack of lawyers.
public defenders are required to defend their clients as best as they can.
Public defenders are so overburdened that defendants often sit in jail for months before the public defender is able to handle their case.
public defenders are unbiased and serve the best interests of both the accused and the city as a whole.
public defenders are usually overworked and giving everyone one will cause the quality to drop
public defenders are waste of money and should be rigged off as pointless in every means.
public defenders being mandatory would give everyone the same level of defence.
public defenders can assist the poor and lower middle classes when they cant afford legal representation
public defenders can be biased against people they are forced to represent
public defenders can be swayed by outside forces, perhaps directly influencing the intended result of a court case.
public defenders can easily be swayed---one way or another---by money, influence, etc.
public defenders can help those unjustly accused and with no means to defend themselves
public defenders can never be truly independent of the justice system that pays them, therefore they shouldn't be mandatory