No, basically, if I couldn't afford to pay, then the suggestion was that I'd have to go ahead without legal representation.

不，基本上，如果我付不起钱，那么建议是我必须在没有法律代表的情况下继续前进。

Somebody gets pulled over for a broken tail light, who's worked here for 20 years, gets thrown into jail, maybe for life, with no legal representation.

有人因为尾灯坏了而被拦下， 他在这里工作了 20 年，被投入监狱， 也许是终身监禁， 没有法律代表。

I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was, to live in a country with a democratically elected government, where legal representation and a public trial were the rights of everyone.

我想起自己是多么幸运， 生活在一个拥有民选政府的国家，法律代表和公开审判是每个人的权利。

This young woman, who had been treated like a criminal by our immigration system, who was afforded no legal representation, who was unfairly accused of violence by the United States government, broke down in tears.

这位被我们的移民系统当作罪犯对待，没有法律代理，被美国政府不公平地指控暴力的年轻女子，泪流满面。

Every day of my working week in my early 20s I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was, to live in a country with a democratically elected government, where legal representation and a public trial were the rights of everyone.

在我20多岁的那段日子，每一天的工作，都在提醒我自己是多么幸运。生活在一个民选政府的国家，依法申述与公开审理，是所有人的权利。