Without disagreeing with your general sentiment, I would point out (and you can argue over the magnitude/sufficiency of them)-

>there is no saying how much time you'll spend in prison or how much money you'll spend on lawyers before winning.

Sixth and eighth amendments.

I mean, no not really. If you quickly go to trail without putting your homework in you're going to get your ass handed to you and sit under a jail for the rest of your life regardless of your actual guilt.

Statistical analysis of how the law actually works is far more valuable than what the law says.