"Faces of Failing Public Defense Systems"

http://www.freep.com/article/2011051...s|text|Opinion




On June 30, 1990, David Tucker, a 21-year-old living on Detroit's northwest side, walked into the rest room of the McDonald's restaurant where he worked and found his manager beaten and bleeding on the rest room floor. Tucker was charged and convicted of the crime during a bench trial that took 45 minutes.