Race plays a big role here, with the justice system giving public defenders a much heavier caseload with much less funds to work with than their compatriots on the prosecution benches. ... The reasoning behind the statement is that within this justice system defendants would rather do a short term sentence for a crime they did not commit rather than take a risk resulting in a long term prison sentence of upwards of twenty five years for the same non committed crime. ...

• Word Count: 2307
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate