You guys realize that this bill is a double whammy right? Women are screwed because of the obvious, but anyone who would require a public defendant (read: poor people) are screwed too.
When the courts get gummed up with harassment lawsuits, these lawyers are going have even less time to spend on their cases.
You'll see a giant increase in burnout and people leaving the profession.
You'll see people stuck in jail who can't post bail for possibly double digit months, become normal.
Like the person who spent 27 years in jail for stealing a VCR?
A friend described Michele Thiesen as gentle, a pacifist. Her crimes were nonviolent. But under a California law instated during the tough-on-crime 1990s, she served nearly three decades in prison before being released last week.
AND THIS HAPPENED IN A BLUE STATE