@AlwaysMyself
Yep, we all have THE right, but around here you don't get your rights. In anything. And I mean ANYTHING!
You do not have the right to freedom, choice, respect, empathy, lawyers, doctors, speech or safety. Or privacy or privacy within personal matters (if you get my point) you don't get the right to speak up and be heard even if you remain calm and polite they still act like you are aggressive.
They do not respect, allow or honour sometimes don't even acknowledge we have the right in question. We are less than dirt to them. That is why I am figitavely screaming my head off in fury. The extent of wrong that this entire thing is, is often not realised by the outside world. Such as yourself who's shocked comment suggests you didn't know how badly they deny us basic rights. And everything else.
I know he wasn't given a lawyer for two reasons, one; a lawyer worth their salt would have instantly asked for the matter to be ajerned (forgive my spelling it's not my strong suit) based on his drastic poor health at the time, he was in no condition to discuss legal aspects or even know his own name at the time and they would not have had the court case be heard without the witness present (aka me) and secondly; because I've been informed by him indirectly so now....they are claiming he was supported that day but the facts suggest if he did (which he didn't) he'd have gotten an incompetent one. I've met the crew there and yeah chances are he did not get legitimate far legal help. I still haven't gotten fair decent legal help for the last three months.
Now for why he can't have one now is because that "invisible" (probably wasn't actually there) lawyer was so lacking in their support that he was railroaded into a guilty plea when he is INNOCENT and now no lawyer wants to effectively question a fellow lawyers incompetence by taking the case, I have continued to try but since I'm not him I am often ignored (because I'm just the victim - even though I'm not) and told if he wants to contest he needs to get a lawyer himself and they send us round and round again. Lawyers I ask to support me say send him to a lawyer then his lawyers say tell her to get a lawyer. Round and Round denying us both from too many rights I could fill a expose book on it (and I will) leaving this to be entirely on my shoulders.
They now just laugh me because I'm not qualified as a lawyer and at times my spelling is bad so they think it's all a big joke that I am trying to win in court alone.
To me it's just more proof that not even the lawyers around here care about the people or justice.