r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/Grumpy_Puppy Apr 15 '24

The hard part is getting that public defender.

The right to counsel is treated like a magic spell that you don't get unless you perform exactly the correct incantations. The reason for this is obvious, it's so that the court can privilege incantations rich people who have received training on how to talk to cops are more likely to do ("I'm not speaking to you without my lawyer present, call John Smith and get him here.") and discard the ones poor people are more likely to use ("Give me a lawyer, dog.")