#USpol #HotTake:
If you cannot keep enough #PublicDefenders to run your #Legal system, maybe you should have less #laws that you #prosecute as #criminal offenses.

...just my opinion though.   

Laws cost resources y'all. See #libertarian / #minarchist / #anarchist principles or whatever.

https://theconversation.com/public-defender-shortage-is-leading-to-hundreds-of-criminal-cases-being-dismissed-275534

Public defender shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed

There are never enough lawyers to provide indigent defense, but the situation has gotten worse since the pandemic.

The Conversation