"When it comes to public defense, it seems like the only news is bad news. We are seeing nationwide shortages of public defenders. In some places, the demand for public defenders is so dire that their workload has become a constitutional issue and people are being allowed to walk because no one is there to represent them: As far as the other side? I'll put it this way: they have so many resources that they can afford to prosecute someone for throwing a sandwich."
"Northern California prosecutors used artificial intelligence to write a criminal court filing that contained references to nonexistent legal cases and precedents, Nevada County District Attorney Jesse Wilson said in a statement. "A prosecutor recently used artificial intelligence in preparing a filing, which resulted in an inaccurate citation," Wilson said in the statement to The Sacramento Bee. "Once the error was discovered, the filing was immediately withdrawn.""
Nationwide shortages of public defenders have created constitutional-level workload pressures that leave some defendants unrepresented and cases unresolved. Prosecutors possess abundant resources and discretion while defense capacity dwindles. Prosecutors have begun using artificial intelligence to draft filings, resulting in fabricated legal citations and withdrawn documents. Multiple recent cases include filings that cite nonexistent legal authority, indicating repeat errors rather than isolated mistakes. Reports of repeated Brady violations further compound harms to defendants and raise alarms about systemic prosecutorial misconduct and threats to fair adjudication.
Read at Above the Law
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