The court system is a joke. It has nothing to do with justice. On the criminal side, you can get a citation for a $500 fine and it's better to just plead guilty because a lawyer will cost you at least that much. It's a financial punishment even if you are innocent. If you don't hire a lawyer the judge won't take you seriously and call you names like "sovereign citizen". The number of mistakes and the amount of ignorance by the people running the system is repulsive and leads to violations of rights.
As just one laughable example, I had a magistrate think that requesting the case to be dismissed with prejudice was me calling him prejudice. You dont even need to have a law degree or pass the bar to be a magistrate.
As just one laughable example, I had a magistrate think that requesting the case to be dismissed with prejudice was me calling him prejudice. You dont even need to have a law degree or pass the bar to be a magistrate.