Today Elly introduces a completely new idea of the courtroom, one where a trial starts and the defendant who has chosen to defend herself is so hopelessly overwhelmed that an attorney she has never met will be appointed to help her.
My understanding is that Canada does not have a public defender program, but has a Legal Aid Program for economically disadvantaged persons accused of serious and/or complex criminal offences and facing the likelihood of incarceration. In other words, people not like Elly Patterson.
Today Elly introduces a completely new idea of the courtroom, one where a trial starts and the defendant who has chosen to defend herself is so hopelessly overwhelmed that an attorney she has never met will be appointed to help her.
My understanding is that Canada does not have a public defender program, but has a Legal Aid Program for economically disadvantaged persons accused of serious and/or complex criminal offences and facing the likelihood of incarceration. In other words, people not like Elly Patterson.