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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry, but Jane Kelly doesn't get a pass for being a longtime federal public defender. Senator Grassley's payback only goes to the appellate slot, not the SUPREME COURT!!!

Although I would LOVE to see the Senate destroy Kelly and those "Federal Defender" prima donnas by extension.[/quote]

You have a grudge against federal defenders?   You're loony.  Any other constitutionally required positions you vilify?  I'm a prosecutor, but a grudge against federal defenders is batshit. [/quote]

Dollars for Defenders, at least at the Federal level, are dollars taken away from the rest of the courts. They soak up money directly that could go to paying clerks (for one example). Plus, when the Defenders drag out cases with unnecessary and frivolous motions and investigations, they waste prosecutor and court timen working through these things.

Are you really a prosecutor? I would think prosecutors would want to tamp down runaway defenders. I would think the victims would want that too.[/quote]
Yes I really am a federal prosecutor.  Of all the things one could claim is wrong with the federal judicial system, the federal defenders are not one of them.  You're wacky.  [/quote]

Duke doesn't help UNC-Greensboro recruit basketball players. So why on Earth would you want to help these people collect resources and talent that can beat you?[/quote]

Go back to high school and learn basic civics.  I'm an officer of the court and I swore an oath to uphold the constitution.  Part of that is the accused's right to a competent defense.  If they don't have that, then I could lock up innocent people.  I don't want to do that.  [/quote]

Good for you. Thank you for having integrity. [/quote]

I'm not special.  Everyone I work with is the same way.  And the federal defenders I know are also remarkably bright, ethical, dedicated people.  It's one reason the federal system works so much better than most state justice systems.  It's much less common for there to be false convictions in the federal system. 
If PP wants to get mad at unethical defenders, get mad at the $1000/hour white collar criminal defenders who bury the prosecution in paper and break every rule they can.  [/quote]

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