I've been playing as Lawyer/IAA for quite some times, and I have been imprisoned some times also, and not always permabrigged of course. I have read the Legal SoP and I would like to point out some things and suggest some changes:
Long trials should stay reserved for capital crimes. However, I would like to see more lawyer roleplay, more legal representation for prisoners. Currently, this is almost never done, because of mostly a single sentence in the legal SoP. I quote: "Security is not obliged to provide legal representation".
The above quote is written in the SoP in relation to trials, however, I feel that it extends to, or is applied to, by security as a whole, getting lawyers for criminal defense in general. Even if I, as lawyer, 'lose' a case, even a short one over a non-perma sentence, it is still nice to see roleplay being carried out. And let's face it, even if it isn't permanent, 30 minute sentences, etc, or even 15 minutes, are quite 'long' sentences, because all the prisoner is is stuck in a cell. Often they go SSD or kill themselves.
I would like to scrap "Security is not obliged to provide legal representation" and change it to "Security is not obliged to provide legal representation if there is sufficient proof of a crime having been committed by [said prisoner]."
I would like to put more emphasis and detail on the processing part of the suspect/prisoner process. Processing is where most things happen. Even interrogations. While we have interrogation rooms for that specific purpose.
I would like to see security actually take lawyers/IAA seriously instead of just dismissing any and all legal representatives.
Thoughts? Ideas?