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msfiddlestix

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9. This news hits me by surprise. I guess I was under a mistaken understanding that a PD is appointed

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 10:19 PM

Oct 2021

by the court for a defendant of no means.

hmm. is it that he was found guilty, and was then convicted and sentenced? Does that nullify or put to an end the status of "defendant". and therefore no longer eligible?

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Minnesota Supreme Court denies Chauvin's request for public defender [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 OP

No entitlement here RainCaster Oct 2021 #1

Spend your own money, asshole. vanlassie Oct 2021 #2

Maybe if he weren't a fucking murderer who though he was privileged enough to get away with it. marble falls Oct 2021 #3

Doesn't he have two or three gofundme pages the christofascists have set up for him... Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #4

Derek Chauvin's application for a public defender to represent him on appeal has been doubly denied LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #5

Don't they have a law library in that prison he's in? Jim__ Oct 2021 #6

Not Disparaging PDs modrepub Oct 2021 #7

Killers aren't entitled to an attorney paid for by the public. fescuerescue Oct 2021 #8

Actually they are. he just doesn't qualify. mucifer Oct 2021 #10

This news hits me by surprise. I guess I was under a mistaken understanding that a PD is appointed msfiddlestix Oct 2021 #9

He has means. temporary311 Oct 2021 #11

oh. That makes sense. Thanks! msfiddlestix Oct 2021 #12

Derek Chauvin deemed ineligible for public defender for appeals to Floyd murder conviction LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #13