Which Of The Following Statements Is False Regarding Public Versus Private Attorneys?

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Which Of The Following Statements Is False Regarding Public Versus Private Attorneys?

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True: ¥Conviction rates for indigent defendants and for those with their own lawyer were about the same in federal and state courts. About 90%of the federal defendants and 75% of the defendants in the most populous counties were found guilty regardless of which type of attorneys represented them ¥Of those found guilty, however, those represented by publicly financed attorneys were incarcerated at a higher rate than those defendants who paid for their own legal representation ¥One average, sentence lengths for defendants sent to jail/prison were shorter for those with publicly financed attorneys than those who hired counsel. In federal district court, those with publicly financed attorneys were given just under 5 years on average, and those with private just over 5 years. In large state courts, those with publicly financed were sentenced to an average of 2 _ years, and those with private 3 years.
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