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Totally agree! I would think he would have had access to a Public Defender while waiting for his own private Attorney. Unless he waived it somehow. I know someone that did but had to go before a judge and say that and the same thing as this, once he found out the cost double backed. But this was a matter of a few days, not this long. And it was for a parole violation, not a murder charge.It’s seems kind of shocking that an accused person can be locked up in a possible death penalty case without an attorney representing him for almost a month. Even if he said he would get his own attorney, I think normally a public defender is appointed until that happens (according to Scott Reich of the Crime Talk YouTube/podcast)
I also have a tough time with the government locking up anyone on secret evidence that the public is not allowed to see. I get we don’t need to see all or even most of the evidence, but I would think a minimum to reach probable cause needs to be made public.
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