Let's look at the big picture before rushing to conclusions about weighing advantages and disadvantages between prosecutors and public defenders. Justly or not, public defenders often get a bum rap. What is the success rate of public defenders? While the success rate for other defense attorneys edged up only from 12% to 13%, for public defenders it nearly doubled, soaring from 18% to 35% during the same period from 2008 to 2019. What skews the view? Top law students split bet
