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。

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。

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。