38-year old court appointed defense attorney Lisa Medeiros juggles a
dozen cases a day. This is about one of them--a man charged with
trespassing and larceny on a university campus in Boston. The accused
has at least four times failed to appear for trial so the judge is
forced to require a $500 bond before release-which the man is too poor
to pay. So defense attorney Medeiros is trying to make the man
understand that either he'll have to sit 28 days in jail awaiting a
trial or, he can plead guilty and try to get probation. In his earlier
appearance before the judge, the man had refused a plea.
