2. they have govt funding instead of just relying on themselves which can be risky at times
3. the poorest states like Tennessee
4. Civil liberties cases or domestic violence, health care cases and the like
5. the cases they win reduce future costs for hospitals and police officers so that excess can go to other programs
6. they site rules barring them from lobbying for or against legislation.
7. rural areas have less lawyers and are much more impoverished
8. the 6th amendment gives everyone right to counsel so this is just a govt program granting more people this right
9. since there are public defenders already there, people can just rely on them instead of the govt.
