You could likely have a free initial meeting with a lawyer to confirm a law had been broken and get a general idea of their fees and your odds of success.
Sounds like it would be your brother’s word against the public defenders. Sounds tough.
Yes, you could file paperwork for a lawsuit. Affording the legal help and winning the suit are different matters.
Just trying to answer seriously and not assume too much the answer is a simple yes/no. There is no real barrier to filing a lawsuit. Fill out the paperwork and file it with the court. Boom, you’ve sued someone. The bigger question would be if they have qualified immunity (or whatever lawyer version is similar to that) or if it would actually go anywhere. You’d want to talk to a real lawyer (IANAL). That’s at the very least unethical, possibly criminal.
One extra step, the judge has to allow it.
You’re gonna have to explain how a public defender has the power to jail anyone. Prosecutors coerce people to take deals thousands of times every day. Not only is that legal, and normal, the system would collapse without it.
Yea but after being threatened to take the deal or else?
Yes, that’s exactly how it works. It just seems normal because it’s on Law and Order, but threatening people with prison is coercive.
Is this a meta joke regarding a similar confusing post on Lemmy. uk?
Could have sworn I saw something like that earlier
Then can you link said post?
really hard to link on a phone at this time also don’t know how.
We’ll need more information.
Are the brother and mom sleeping together?
This really is No Stupid Questions, even in the comments.
I’d rather advise the mom to sleep with the judge.
If the judge is a shoal of fish in a trench coat, should I call a mobster?
