The judicial system in the country is broken from the Federal to local county levels
Locally, it is designed to put people into a system to extract money and fess to keep the parole officers and public defenders office from being a financial drain on the counties.
Petty and very minor crimes are given parole, community service hours and monthly fees to pay
Anybody who thinks a pubic defender wants you to be free of the judicial system by actually trying your cases is delusional. It's plea down your case, adjudication (which is you are responsible to pay for, later) parole with the accompanying fess and hoops you jump though.
I truly fear for this country because we have lost all sense of judicial restraint for the common man, except for terrorist and politicians who seem to get a pass even for the most obvious crimes
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws.”
— Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged”