When someone enters the criminal justice system, more likely than not they are read their Miranda Rights, which explicitly state, “You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you.” For the wealthy, this statement does not really even faze them, but for the lower classes this means a public defender. Public defenders carry a much heavier workload than that of a private attorney, and because they are paid on a state salary, no one defendant is that important to he or she. Where with a private attorney, if you can pay for one, you can also probably pay for bail if you were awarded that opportunity you are able to meet with your attorney freely and on your schedule, however for those unable to pay for an attorney more likely than not, they were not awarded bail or if they were they cannot pay for it. This means in order to meet with their attorney, it is on that attorney’s schedule which as mentioned is a heavier case load than that of the price attorney. While this a indirect response to the fact that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely than whites to be poor, (Walker, 286) it makes a huge impact on the
When someone enters the criminal justice system, more likely than not they are read their Miranda Rights, which explicitly state, “You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you.” For the wealthy, this statement does not really even faze them, but for the lower classes this means a public defender. Public defenders carry a much heavier workload than that of a private attorney, and because they are paid on a state salary, no one defendant is that important to he or she. Where with a private attorney, if you can pay for one, you can also probably pay for bail if you were awarded that opportunity you are able to meet with your attorney freely and on your schedule, however for those unable to pay for an attorney more likely than not, they were not awarded bail or if they were they cannot pay for it. This means in order to meet with their attorney, it is on that attorney’s schedule which as mentioned is a heavier case load than that of the price attorney. While this a indirect response to the fact that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely than whites to be poor, (Walker, 286) it makes a huge impact on the