The press or non-profit organizations should not be put in the position where it is responsible for providing a robust defense for people accused of capital crimes.
Agreed - the justice system should be doing this. They aren't. Until they do, I feel the sunlight that the death penalty attracts is highly valuable.
...inequity in the manner defense is provided against prosecution makes me completely against the general practice of the death penalty...
Is the inequity greater for the death penalty than for life imprisonment? If not, then do you also oppose life imprisonment?
Agreed - the justice system should be doing this. They aren't. Until they do, I feel the sunlight that the death penalty attracts is highly valuable.
...inequity in the manner defense is provided against prosecution makes me completely against the general practice of the death penalty...
Is the inequity greater for the death penalty than for life imprisonment? If not, then do you also oppose life imprisonment?