District Attorneys Needed
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
September 15, 2015 7:13am CST
When a person is said to have commited a crime and has no means to pay an attorney one will be appointed to them by the District Attorneys office either an assistant or a deputy district attorney.
Some States do not have enough assistant District Attorneys.
There are States who are making the defendant pay a fee for this service .
One reason a lot of people from the DA's office go into private practice is because of long hours and low pay.
Have you ever had to deal with The District Attorney's office for any reason?
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13 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
15 Sep 15
I studied criminal law, and I always found your system a bit weird. It is difficult to understand how a district attorney who is supposed to defend the interest of the state against people can appoint a lawyer for these people. Here it is done by the president of the local bar association and the lawyer earns a fixed amount from the state. It is also a low pay, but they cannot refuse the defense of the designated person.
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
15 Sep 15
@Marcyaz I am not versed in the laws concerning this so I can't say anything about it other than it's a shame they don't get paid better. Their job is just as important as the other attorney's.
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@LadyDuck (457822)
• Switzerland
15 Sep 15
No I have not, anyway our legislation is different. When people cannot pay for an attorney, the President of the lawyers association appoints a lawyer who will be paid from the State. I am sure that this way people get a better assistance.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
15 Sep 15
There is an office of the Public Defender that does that, not the DA. I am not questioning that we are short of both District Attorneys and Public Defenders, though.
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@celticeagle (158876)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Sep 15
No, I have never needed this service. Things sure are changing all over. Services are changing into charges.
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would like to make a decent living.
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
15 Sep 15
thankfully i never had to deal with any of that stuff.got close to it but never had to use one..
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@vandana7 (98778)
• India
15 Sep 15
In a country that is as litigant as the US, and where laws are much better than in India, attorneys will earn well. Out here, we call them pleaders who sit under the tree, because they don't get clients. All clients want only successful pleaders.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
16 Sep 15
I would rather compromise than go through those long winded hearings and stuff.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
15 Sep 15
Yes just once for something that happened to my sister.
I was a witness to her bf punching her face.
When I went to the court to witness the DA said I didnt need to as he had done a deal with the criminal because the criminal had some other thing going on.
I was mad.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
15 Sep 15
@Susan2015 Yes they do..it always is just a way for them to get away with what they did.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
15 Sep 15
@Susan2015 Yes that is another injustice..the rich can buy their way out of things here.
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
20 Apr 16
In our city, we have free lawyer to defend those who do not have money to hire a private lawyer. They are group of lawyers paid by government.
