Perhaps legal technologies in their current forms are not as applicable to the work public defenders do but to say all LegalTech is inapplicable to the work public defenders do is a stretch.<p>To use your example, you could actually build technology that would help with the interview process and aid in mapping out a detailed timeline of their version of the events.<p>While repeat offenders may offend in the same pattern the same cannot be said about <i>all</i> offenders.<p>Public defenders develop their list of handy relevant cases through experience on the job. Tech can help train new hires quicker so that they would be able to jump in and start giving proper legal representation sooner. The system clearly needs more public defenders.<p>Legal research does play a key component when it comes to the sentencing of offenders. Two offenders can be charged with the same crime however it could have occurred in two entirely different circumstances with the offenders having starkly different backgrounds and motivations. Due to these differences, public defenders <i>should</i> do a deep dive in research in order to provide proper representation rather than relying on only their own personal list of applicable cases. Effective legal research software would go a long way in helping over-worked defenders such as Tina Peng.