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  •  If we follow your logic ... (none / 1)

    ... because the entire criminal system is arbitrary because its results are also dependent on having resources to enable access to legal representation, than all sentances for all crimes, regardless of degree, should be capped.

    The tort system as it is now, by paying lawyers based on a percentage of winnings, allows poor plaintiffs with good cases access to good legal representation.

    Your solution would strip poor people of yet another right.

    by kaekee on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 01:11:23 PM PDT

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