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Public defenders' offices are usually understaffed in the U.S., so the quality of free representation is usually lacking due to time constraints on the lawyers. Also, I don't believe that legal aid is given for traffic offenses; I'm not sure if this applies to DWI or not.

Even if you're guilty, a lawyer will be able to give you good advice on getting your punishment reduced. The system is set up with the assumption that you have representation or know what you're doing, so going it alone puts you at a disadvantage. And I don't know the details of this, but occasionally a judge will deny someone's request for legal aid. I believe this only happens when a defendant is deemed to have enough money to afford a lawyer.

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And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.