Public Defenders: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 

+Billy Ray Hoscheit Jesus fuck.

Dam dude that sucks

+Billy Ray Hoscheit good god... Hey we both live in Nebraska. cool cool

Joshua Pruitt The Judge then said "Do you want to continue without an attorney?" I said "No". He said "I'm not going to give you one. Do you want to get your own?" I said "I can't afford one." He said "I'm not going to give you one. Do you want to continue without one?" I said "No." We did that three times around, then he got mad and sentenced me. Disturbing the Peace = 10 days Always put in for vacation from work before court. You never know. Well,... sometimes you know.

Starving Boy In Africa The Judge decides if you get a lawyer in Nebraska. No financial scale to meet. He just looks at your income and debt you list, and decides. Fair and Impartial?

+EmisoraRadioPatio Your job is very apreciated.

Thank you for doing what you do because I know you do t get paid enough or thanked often as you should be. I salute you sir (/)0m0)

+EmisoraRadioPatio You have to strike a difficult balance between doing good and being "miserable." I don't think anyone should expect you to sacrifice your life (and probably part of the lives of those close to you) with just a inadequate salary and a somewhat cynical congratulations in return. I think you should be paid what you are truly worth, and would also give you credit for moving on when you must.

Motivate those lawyers around you to eventually take your place when you've done your share of this work. Tell them this story you've given here. I think it's heartbreaking*/motivational enough

+EmisoraRadioPatio Amen to that - I am a public defender in Pennsylvania. It is overwhelming sometimes. I am paid hourly and work far more than the 35 hours I get paid for. But it can certainly be rewarding sometimes.

Any attorney regardless if they are a PD or private attorney has to communicate any plea offer and has to advise you of the potential maximum penalty that could be imposed after a potential conviction following trial. To not do so would be to render ineffective assistance of counsel. After receiving this information it up to the Defendant as how to proceed whether by trial or guilty plea. No attorney or Judge can force a person to plead guilty. The attorney is allowed to render an opinion on the likely hood of success at trial based upon their experience but the client does not have to accept that advice and can simply state they want the case listed for a jury trial date.

@@michaeldaly322 I guess you'd have to be there to truly understand how much he was trying to sway me into pleading guilty. It wasn't a matter of the information I was being given, it was a matter of the pressure he was putting on me to plead guilty, and the approach he was taking to scare me into doing it.

@@TenthElementGraphics True. That's fucked up. At the end of the day it should be your decision no matter what. After all, it's your life on the line. Theyre not doing the time.

@@michaeldaly322 basically, he was supposed to be defending me. and his whole attitude was like "c'mon. plead guilty. do it. plead guilty. I swear you'll regret it if you don't. I'm tellin ya kid. Plead guilty, don't make this any bigger of a mess than it already is." when I told him I wasn't even there he seemed annoyed, like I was making a horrible decision despite the direction he was trying to point me in. I swear, it seems like most "public defenders" make a living of just going in everyday and saying "you should take the plea bargain."

@@TenthElementGraphics I know this post is old but I'm going thru something similar but with a paid lawyer. I had my house searched illegally and I'm asking him to file a motion to suppress. He's like "no, because..." and then his billion excuses and I'm like but the officer searched me illegally "yeah, but you see" so I fired him !!!! He wanted me to plea instead of filing a motion to suppress. Wtf!

Best line in the whole sketch. It is delivered perfectly, too, like it is straight out of a cop show.

I've got a theory, do you know what Florida man is

@@lllllllll5171 Florida Man is like Spider-Man. It's not just one person, it's an idea. Anyone can put on the mask.

***** so it appears.

+DH Shawon Who was that?

+talesin- god of the internet I see you completely missed the point of this episode. Guilty until proven innocent wins the day.

+Chris Mack Dennis Quaid

+talesin- god of the internet Good luck with that. With all the federal and local statutes on the books, you're probably committing a crime right now without even knowing it. Ignorance of the law is no excuse though, thankfully, right?

well that's maybe cause America isn't a county

+Phantomhive Because it's easier to keep people down when they can barely feed themselves.

+Phantomhive *Conservative voice* "Poor people are in their position because of entitlement. They don't want to work so they assume they can mooch off the government and be lazy. If they worked half as hard as I do, and were perfectly fine working 3 jobs to scrounge a living together, they'd have nothing to complain about." *Brought to you by*: Can't-those-peasants-shut-up-already?

+Phantomhive A lot of places try their hardest to make being poor or homeless as illegal as they can. I wouldn't be surprised if there is an actual law in a city or state that is blatant about it by going "it's illegal to be homeless". Most places try to be more 'sneaky' about it by anti-loitering laws, among other stuff.

+MrCazador123 oh. he missed an r. that's not hard to do with autocorrect. (sarcasm heavily implied.

same

Good

That is fucking awesome.

Quality education

69 likes confirmed XD

The appointment is free. ...But you gotta pay the fees for paperwork and the lawyer's fees too.

“If you can’t afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to you* *the lawyer will still cost money”

New Jersey is one of those states. I needed one a few years back, $75 for a "court appointed p.d." . Fuck this broken ass system, it's all about money, not justice

+22steve5150 Perfect capitalism.

+22steve5150 Contact your Senators and tell them. Tell your friends to do likewise. Make some noise.

+22steve5150 Almost brings us back to the early days of industrialisation. In England, where unemployment was a crime - slavery the punishment.

+22steve5150 Debtor's prisons are alive and well in America, we simply call the charges by different names, such as 'contempt of court'.

+LastWeekTonight Seems legit.

omg same

+Fraust byte I was trying to find some positions to fill myself.

high five! 😢😴

Same here! Welp, time to watch, I guess.

+Fraust byte Our main story tonight, sleep deprivation. How the internet is killing you.

+Matt Goodwin ...aaaand yep, my rage is at an all-new level. Thanks for the coronary, Murica

+Matt Goodwin No matter how bad we think it is, it's always worse. And Florida...What the hell is going on down in Florida???

+Lisa DuPre It's ALWAYS in Florida

+Matt Goodwin I always knew there were serious systemic issues in America....but ever since Oliver started doing these long segments, I've come to the realization that quite literally *_everything_* we do is unintelligent unethical backwards and the polar opposite of an actual solution. It's honestly shocking just how broken _everything_ is. We get everything wrong...in every way possible. It's absolutely ridiculous how systemically fucked everything is. And he hasn't even done a segment on the Drug War yet....

+avedic Where Bolivia which solved 60% of it's drug problem by throwing out the US based DEA and handling it by itself, now is being investigated by DEA which in it's own turf solved 0% of it's drug problems but solved 100% of the slave labor shortage problem which some of the most influential intellectuals today consider it's main reason for being created. Go figure...

I hope that judge got fired, that was very unprofessional.

+Suzaku Ichihara That wasn't just unprofessional, that was disgraceful as a human being.

How do idiots come to positions if power again?

+MacShapow it was terrifying, but i have to say, it was also entertaining... like a car accident. :D

+Starving Boy In Africa Sadly, they are voted into power by collective idiocy. And what makes it worse, they can't be fired, they have to be impeached when it concerns governmental appointed positions, despite they are obviously doing something not only illegal, but obviously disgraceful and un-Constitutional. And it sounds like that judge physically assaulted that Public Defender, so if that judge was not brought up on charges, I am baffled.

So good

+RedCatracho Agreed.

+RedCatracho Because the best we come up with is Trump.

+Mark Schofield Somehow, being born overseas isn't stopping Ted Cruz.

+gotham61 He was born in Canada, but yea, he's still sweeping that one under the rug.

+Mark Schofield More republicans believe Ted Cruz was born in the US than Obama. Maybe there is a way to trick people. His accent isn't that thick. Could pass for Southern maybe.

+KillerInstinct69 All western countries are horrible places to live if you're poor. Trust me on this one.

+KillerInstinct69 Freedom?? what has freedom to do with the land of the fees, and home of the caged?

Ian Stevenson I just ignored him. Clearly he has no idea how or what with developed European countries. Plus i have no idea what he means with "horrible" Horrible could mean not having the brand stuff and perhaps a small house with 2-3 bedrooms that isnt near the city center and not the fastest internet and possible having to go to the food bank weekly to make sure you have enough food to even trow some out. (Dutch poor)

Dean A. I'm from Australia. And to me, europeans are a bunch of racist and megalomaniacs assholes. So yeah, horrible places.

+Ignacio Salas The hilarity of a Aussie calling anyone or anything racist. And the more you keep saying, "Europe is..." the more you proof you know nothing.

ikr? i thought it was a real show first

He might have gotten a few good punches in, it could be that the level of beat you need to be to go home early is higher for judges than attorneys.

While that was completely inappropriate for that situation, I honestly DID hope the attorney won that

That judge should be kicked out of office.

Barry Sabahat ikr

The judge was a retired us army reserve colonel who was part of special operations in Iraq and received the both the bronze star and several other medals so the odds where stacked against the attorney. As well the supreme court did overrule the previous court order and fired him and he is currently attending a mental health and anger management program for dealing PTSD he had been dealing with previously and currently.

+Lutranereis I was expecting at least one member from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.

+Lutranereis John Oliver has my vote.

+Queen Chrysalis not even "night court" or whatever it was called, was that weired/ freakish.

msjanegrey the fuck are you talking about?

+Queen Chrysalis sorry touchscreen, the comment was ment for the one next to your, by the time I saw, too late, with this phone I don't know how to delete comment, you'll excuse ;)

He has to. It seems to be the only way to get a lot of people to actually care.

Rightfully so.

No kidding? Those were actors that had/have parts on major t.v. shows...!

jwelch5742 i know his show won emmys before but i didn't know it was for this segment

it say at www.emmys.com/shows/last-week-tonight-john-oliver.

jwelch5742 thanks for it

TakavaNirhii (near-eye) xD lmfao

Alfredo Lopez Who is running for Senate and has a good chance of being the GOP candidate.

gets me every time X'D

"Is that constitutional...?" - "It's constitutional as F__K!! ...You piece of SHIT!!" xD

@@hazukichanx408 spoken like a true American.

fr wtf

he was a retired colonel and served in the special forces I've read. PTSD and so forth. I had to look this up and see what happened.

@@Mehwhatevr Bullshit excuse. I have been with people who had PTSD from war and they do not suddenly challenge people to a fight when they don't get what they want

@@happyfacefries Woah hoh, just to be clear I’m not making excuses for him. I’m just saying what happened and what his excuse was. If he’s unstable he shouldn’t be on the bench. I honestly don’t know the full story. I was rooting for the latter and was sad he lost, but the stories I read seem to say there might be more to the story and the public defender might have had it coming... I honestly don’t know and am only judging that this was completely inappropriate. The judge should have handled it better even if the latter deserved it

@@Mehwhatevr Definitely inappropriate, but “mutual combat” is lawful in Florida. Besides that, the point of this segment is truly sickening. So sad many Americans are just finding this out.

Konig Corvus That's really fucked up. I'm sorry to hear what happened to you. I hope that dude lost his job.

Konig Corvus sounds like you should get a real lawyer and now and fight your charge... sounds like your constitutional rights were infringed upon... assuming your not lying or exaggerating

Hiring a pricey or private lawyer doesn't always work, Bob.... lawyers aren't going to go out on a limb and piss off district attorneys. Do you know why? Because district attorneys will then only offer shitty plea bargains for a lawyer's clients. The lawyer will get a reputation for not getting clients "good results." Thus, lawyers are going to do what is in their best interests FIRST -- even if it means throwing a client under a bus by pressuring them to take a plea. Besides, I know plenty of people that have hired lawyers that cost them a pretty penny and the lawyers would actually get pissed off for having to put some effort into cases. Never mind that they charged thousands for a plem. hearing upfront. They have a quick initial meeting of half an hour... charge thousands then maybe give your a quick couple of 5 minute phone calls before the hearing. Ask you to show up 10 to 15 minutes before the hearing to go over stuff. That's the effort for thousands of dollars. The system is corrupt, terrible, etc.

Konig Corvus That's disgusting. Will they not erase that from your record, given what he did? The guy practically had "Corrupt" tattooed on his forehead. I'm sorry you went through that, either way. I don't know what I'd do in such a situation.

@@aaronmarks9366 Well, he did get arrested.

Hell Ya!!!

This is a perfect wrecking. PDs should be more like this.

"...made his ex look like a fool idiot..." A fool idiot. This wasn't just a case of regular idiocy. This was _ADVANCED IDIOCY_

Liam White wait how do we get italics in comments this is important pls tell me

ForTaxReasons you've got to put _s around it.

Welcome to America, my friend!

+Wade Wilson (Deadpool) Florida's Supreme Court did eventually have him fired from his job, but it took them over a year to make that happen.

Krebons1200 Good to hear that he eventually got fired. Because thats the least he deserved. Thank you very much for the update.

+Wade Wilson What he deserved: Be fired Be charged to assault Put on trial Be forced to have a public defender instead of one he hired himself.

@Krebons1200 They fired him because of the media attention. They probably wouldn't have done anything otherwise..

It can only be killed with fire. Or it will keep coming back.

They got out of style, but they were never banned federally. Many states still have it on the books and some still have debtors prisons.

For people who champion science and frequently cite it as evidence of global warming, you guys can be pretty dense about what's in front of you. If you apply your scientific principles to this observation, you'd conclude that debtor's prison is just a law of the universe. Why fight it?

No Burton, it's not a law of the universe. It's an effect of human action, much like the aforementioned Global Warming. And we fight it for the same reasons we fight Global Warming, because indifference to what is wrong in the world will only lead to what is wrong growing strong, spreading wider, and becoming more accepted as normal. It won't be the downfall of civilisation, it'll be much worse. Civilization will become evil.

It would be nice to round them up and burn them

Cause that's the solution to every problem! Just stop while you're behind.

animeman1000 SIT DOWN!!!! Im the judge!!! WHAT you wanna go out back so I can beat the fuck outta you!!! LMFAO Buddy im joking. Calm down.

I am calm sir. I just don't agree with you "joke" that's all. Take care.

animeman1000 oh well. Just trying to cheer you up. You will feel better when you leave that crap hole Florida. Take care little buddy.

+animeman1000 Just run,run and dont stop till you hit its border.

+Dan The Enigma Some of Metallica's songs (such as One, Master of Puppets, or Sanitarium, just to name a few) are also longer as well.

+Dan The Enigma My favorite song, American Pie, is a minute and 35 seconds longer.

The live version of freebird is twice as long.

Supper's Ready by Genesis is over 3 times that.

This video is over twice as long.

+Vern Emcee Also I spent 14 days in jail for not having $400 bucks to pay for a chemical dependency evaluation. for charges that had nothing to do with drugs in the first place. Afterwards I ended up taking the evaluation and all it actually was, was a dude asking me if i feel the need to drink and smoke, i said no, he said i passed, i handed him all my money in my wallet.

+Vern Emcee Man, if I was in your situation and he asked I felt the need to drink and smoke I'd say "after dealing with the shit justice system in this city, yes I feel the need to drink and smoke heavily."

Also when I got out of jail I was homeless because they "deemed me a physical threat" for non violent charges, and said if i lived at my house they would take my sisters away because they are minors. So they took my phone, all my money, and then when i got let out i didn't have a home to go to. I could talk for hours about stories like these.

+Vern Emcee The justice system is a bitch ain't it

In regards to the original post, just bring up jury nullification when they ask you if you will only make decisions based solely on the law. They won't put you in then. Google it :D

+TheFPStraveller Basically... you're fucked.

+TheFPStraveller It's constitutional as fuck!

gets me every time X'D

+John McVay I think it goes both ways with the police. Either they're corrupt (or just assholes), and they charge innocent people/or those with low level crimes, or they're not corrupt (and genuinely trying to protect the public) and are forced to look the other way most of the time, by not arresting people who are blatantly not following the law. Which really only means that in the end, that the public is more at risk.

the da system in detroit actually is underpaid and understaffed

Did the public defender plead her guilty because he/she needed to win the case?

Jane Jinn no, not necessarily. they need it to be done so they can move on to their next case.

Damn, I just watched The Night of and I thought that was fiction! I thought "Surely even if they know he's not the murderer, they won't charge him with murder just because he's easier to persecute."

I’m an ignoramus so could you explain the significance of her blowing a 0.5 on her 11th time? What does 11 have to do with anything? Why does it matter?

+Scorpia161 like really, i can hunt bugs, fight judges in hallways, and address systematic inequality from the front lines. too bad i hate college and don't want to pay for law school.

I was like if there's really a high demand for them they must get paid well

+dcoetzee I know a couple of people who started to study law out of very idealistic principles. One of them told me that literally the first thing they heard during the welcome lecture was "Welcome! No one of you will make the world a better place, but, if you make smart choices, there is a lot of money ahead of you." Everyone in this profession whom I know has a story like that to tell. If you are wondering why the system is that corrupt, sit in on a couple of law lectures if you get the chance. I did some courses in media law both undergrad and grad and was honestly horrified. Law is unscientific as fuck (pardon my french), it doesn't care about reason or rationality and holds as close as possible to rules so vaguely formulated, that three different courts in the same country can reach three different results (as it happens often in Germany) and you really have to get the right court for your case. For example, almost all cases for media piracy are done in Hamburg, because the court there is known for its draconic stance on the issue. If you get sued for the same thing in front of any other court, you are MUCH more likely to get off easy, especially as a first time offender. But not in Hamburg, oh no... The system couldn't be more arbitrary if it tried. So as a law student, you have to somehow hold up your principles while being confronted with a system that often appears like Lewis Carroll came up with it, sometimes bordering on insanity, sometimes being outright insane. Or you surrender, accept that 2+2 can equal 5 if the circumstances demand it, forget about principles and ethics and all that abstract hippy nonsense and not only does your by then chronic headache recede, your pockets also start to fill up quickly.

+k3nny111 i understand your frustration and I must admit that I'm not familiar with the civil law system; so I can't adequately respond to your claim about different courts reach different opinions in Germany. However, in the common law system, there is this doctrine called stare decisis where cases which were decided in the higher courts are binding on the lower courts. That's why you have to do research on case law when making your arguments. Otherwise, it would just be like charming the judge into deciding the case for you, in which case, you really don't need to go to lawschool and destroy your youth to be a lawyer. Anyway, as a soon-to-be lawyer in a common law country, i just wanna respond to your claims abt law being unscientific and vague. The law is expected to be predictable; and hence the rules have to be relatively fixed. But every case is factually different, to whatever extent. So how do you construct legal rules which are able to deal with different and evolving factual issues while remaining relatively unchanged? You need flexibility and hence some degree of vagueness in your legal rules! Remember, it's about striking a fine balance here. There is a great deal of complex legal theories on this; you can check it out if you're interested. P/S: you might discredit me for the fact that lawyers rejoice in the ambiguity of the law and hence my argument is biased. But it's the truth LOL

Hoang Trang I appreciate your response. In Germany, there is no case law. Two identical charges put in front of two different judges can be decided differently (and often are). Only decisions done by the "Bundesverfassungsgericht" (closes thing to your Supreme Court) have weight outside of their inidivual case. But even those aren't binding; other courts just recognize them out of convenience. If a smaller court ignores a decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht, then the plaintiff or defendant, whoever is unhappy with the outcome, can just go up through the various courts until reaching the Bundesverfassungsgericht, which itself is very consistent in its interpretation of the law. However, this level of security only exists if the Bundersverfassungsgericht already decided on an issue. For every other case, you'd be rolling the dice going up that high, and a very expensive dice at that. So the vast majority of cases is, obviously, decided by lower courts and you honestly just have to get lucky which court you end up in. It's the same with my example in Hamburg: their court is extremely friendly to plaintiffs who sue because of digital piracy and copyright infringement. So everyone going to court over this, no matter where he lives or his company is based, immediately sues in Hamburg. The handfull of cases in front of other courts on the same issue have VASTLY different outcomes. We had an example of two nearly identical charges for illegal distribution of music via torrent by minors, where in Hamburg the parents were charged with a six figure penalty, while another court on the same level, just in a different city, ruled that the parents can't be held responsible for this, as long as they told their kids not to do any illegal sharing/downloading. This is not predictable at all. Another issue which really crushed me was in Urheberrecht (our equivalent to copyright law). One of the main questions in german Urheberrecht is whether or not something is a "Werk" (there is no perfect translation, closest thing would be "creation"). A "Werk" needs to have "Schaffenshöhe", which means a level of quality that qualifies it for protection under Urheberrecht. What exactly gives "Schaffenshöhe" to a "Werk" is nowhere clearly defined, so whenever the issue comes up you have lawyers argue out whether or not something basically is ART. It is completely ridiculous. I've read court decisions where it went on for multiple paragraphs over the quality of brush strokes and color palette, or whether or not the artistic capturing of natural light is itself an artistic act. I understand that law has to be formulated vaguely for flexibility, but without case law, there is almost no predictibility. Of US law I know very little, so maybe your system is a little bit more sane. (Never thought I ever write that under one of Johns lovely videos.) My academic training was both in art and science and when I discovered what goes for "Rechtswissenschaft" (Science of law) in Germany, my mind was blown. Of course, maybe other countries have systems which do actually make sense.

*_conscience_* and thank *_Odin_* ... but close enough.

arcsomniac * Thank Ra is more like it

Nobody ever thanks Zeus.......smh.

Having a conscience is worth fuck all when you never listen.

Thank the great and unimaginable Tsathoggua.

Trump may he rest in peace.

KORREKT. My family was comfortable and middle-class like yours just a decade or so ago. Then my employer of 25 years began "accelerating attrition." Laid off. My discretionary income declined steadily. Now we rely on a local food bank and charities for many of groceries and clothed. I'm not alone and I don't see that things will get better. Prepare yourselves.

And the worst part is that those budget cuts are usually made to accommodate tax breaks for corporations and the ultra wealthy. It's like a reverse Robinhood.

@david lynn Okay, then what's your proposed alternative? I'll be the first to say that American democracy is the worst system, there are better ones like proportional or ranked voting.

@@brandondavidson4085 The rest of the world don't elect prosecutors and judges and probably do a slightly better job at giving poor people a fair trial. Unfortunately most Americans say "that wouldn't work here".

While voting is important, the statutes in question are based on state and the Federal Constitution, or case law thereof. Politicians cannot change that. They could allocate more funding, in this particular case, but you would have to have very substantial numbers of voters on board to get that, particularly in the nearly bankrupt blue state local governments.

@@jdsmith542 Politicians absolutely CAN change the law, that's their job. And weird of you to bring up the voting is good but also voting makes your local government bankrupt only when it's Democrats?

@@brandondavidson4085 They cannot change the mechanics of the system; as I pointed out, those are set in constitutional frameworks and cannot be changed except by special ballot items for state constitutions, and by affirmative majority votes in 33 or more states for the Federal. As to the bankruptcy, I don’t know where your confusion comes from. The economic state of California and Rust Belt cities is well-reported.

+SoCoolScienceShow You did in fact not ride with a bike light though, right?

+John Smith What's your point? Someone who is poor could actually wind up in jail for a month for not having the money to pay those small fines.. Which then add up to huge fines. John Oliver has done plenty on this subject; were you sleeping? Is that the god damn goal, month long Jail for something trivial, while murderous drivers with money get out instantly and get off with nothing, because they got a hot shit lawyer with loads of time. Like those.

+SoCoolScienceShow Domestic violence prevention fee? LOL

Domestic violence prevention fee. I'd talk to a lawyer cuz there's no way that should be real. Hell I'd try and sue the city.

+Keira Desbiens You judged him, which is bad enough, without first making sure you understood him correctly. His question could in fact be a sarcastic jab at the system, implying they're so corrupt they could have fined him for something he didn't do. Edit: never mind, you understood him correctly.

I'd argue that major social issues, destroyed lives and brutal scandals aren't exactly boring. Exhausting or complicated might work here. Boring is what I'd call my list of favourite chocolates and the process of watching me think about them.

How is going through a list of basically everything a country is supposed to mean and represent and finding out each and every item on that list is fucked up beyond all recognition "the most boring news"? What, you think the shit he talks about couldn't happen to you?

Im white and spent 8 months in jail for a marijuana charge because i couldnt afford bail. My pd never even looked at the "evidence" (a photo without a face just an arm which wasnt even mine) told me to plead guilty or i would sit in jail for a very long time because it takes a long time to test the marijuana to prove its marijuana. I live in alabama.

Fun fact: Only one of those three needs to be true. If you're poor or a minority, you're fucked everywhere. If you're in the South, you're just fucked, period.

"you piece of shit"

"Basically... you're fucked."

How could it not be Florida!

Exactly!

I love it but still prefer "It's constitutional AF"

I'f you guys agree it is Florida. I'm starting something to change that because it happened to me let's keep track of each other. My website is not open yet. But I'll have a RU-vid page to.

Born and raised in Florida and I can say with complete Honesty that this state is a Disgrace to all the Founding Father's held Dear:(

Thanks for the update, no wonder this segment won emmy

That's Fresno County/Tulare County justice for ya. Lots of Saul Goodmans running around..

Not even that, just "Don't be born poor, or you will never have any chances of ever climbing out of a corrupt system, and you will be doomed from birth to live in eternal grief".

Also, don’t be a minority.

I'm in the same boat. I'm in my twenties now and will likely be in my late thirties by the time I actually do what I wanted to do with my degree. It's a sad state of affairs :/

+WheelmanGames Nice beard.

+WheelmanGames But hopefully you'll one day be a very good avocado at law.

+WheelmanGames With the way you write, I hope you're never my lawyer. I'm surprised you even received a degree of any kind.

ok

+Mustafe Abdullahi he's an American Citizen

+Mike Tran Doesn't it have to be by birth?

coconutologist he does, just correcting the other dude for calling him a brit. He's American now.

+RedCatracho Then John Oliver for Senate Majority Leader!!

+Kurt Steiss better alternative than Trump for president. ;)

* your show (silly autocorrect)

+Julia Smith autocorrect can't correct word choice in a grammatical situation. But, also right, it IS GIGO

+Jon Masters Why didn't you just edit your original comment?

+Young Frankenstein chill?

The True Antlers Nope, she started out with "shut up", so she deserves no mercy. Fuck her and the three people standing closest to her.

+OPEN MIND Wieso findet man dich überall?

+OPEN MIND Decriminalize, more like.

Vesania At first. Baby steps.

+OPEN MIND But private prisons need more prisoners for money.

+Garrick Groover and that's the next step, get rid of private prisons. When they are private then incentive is to get more prisoners because you're paid by the head, when they are government the incentive is to have less because the pay comes out of pocket.

i'd like Jon Stewart to run for president. Honestly, I think John Oliver has more power right where he is than he ever would in the oval office.

+Michael Moretti Damn straight! 7 years later and we're still losing 700,000 jobs a month! Oh wait...

Michael Moretti Okay.

Michael Moretti By war crimes are you referring to all of the innocent people killed by drones?

John Oliver wasn't born in Murica

That's awesome, dam, no wonder my jujitsu instructor is a lawyer

+Xuanming Lu "You wanna head out back?" Yeah, I'd love to, do you want to?

ordeal is the way to go lmao

+Kel-chan Yeah, then you can just fight for your freedom. And if you can't fight yourself, you always have the right to a champion, and those are free!

***** And they would work better at their jobs than public defenders =D

+William McAllister I don't know man. I liked the writing, even though Atticus was contradicting to TKAM

William McAllister I like to think it could've happened if Harper Lee had a choice

I can agree with that.

It took almost a year and a half after the fight, but that was why the Florida Supreme Court removed him.

+Dreigonix In Japan using the Bench Trial system.

+TornadoADV :(

Dreigonix Which frankly, I think would be awesome, because I could totally see Phoenix winning a fight with a judge.

+Dreigonix Working 2000 cases a year b/c he can't do this shit alone! In other words, he's one more year from becoming Phoenix Wright to Phoenix Wrong.

+Dreigonix Currently in the Kingdom of Kurain. I'm SO HYPED for Ace Attorney 6.

If you want accurate captions for a case against the judicial system's handling of public defenders (overworking them, meet and plead, etc.) try 'how to get away with murder' on netflix. The main protagonist files a class action suit abt that same issue and discusses it in front of SCOTUS. Brilliant and same POV as this segment.

that is so freakin awesome you want this. I hope this show sees your comment and will do it. I hope others will comment on your post and like it so it will get more attention. I am sure if John sees this he will get it done if he has not already.

+Rochelle Lang Maybe two at most.

+Rochelle Lang While that's a nice thought, it doesn't really solve the budget crisis that the offices are dealing with. Even if the work is mandatory, you still have to pay them some sort of salary for those 5 years and the states are refusing to fund it at the current level as is.

+Rochelle Lang First thing is do not get a student loan. Never.

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+Rochelle Lang That would discourage many people from becoming lawyers. It's only a good idea if you want the best and brightest to go into other professions.