I didn't actually say "reduce to a common denominator". I just said find a common denominator. I think the best solution will involve meeting in the middle- curbing excessive spending by whatever means are necessary, and also drastically increasing funding to public defenders to increase both their numbers and their prestige.
And regarding "whatever means necessary"- just because I can't invent something off-the-cuff to satisfy a random stranger on the internet, doesn't mean that human ingenuity, and well-thought-out legislation can't find a 90% solution. And no amount of cynical pessimism is going to change my mind about that.
You want to tell a man that he can't spend all of his money to hire the best lawyers he can afford to try to defend his freedom?
As for being able to come up with some "well-thought-out legislation", maybe you don't live in the same world as me, but the 20th century is strewn with the folly of those who think they can engineer society. I don't understand why so many of us are eager to repeat their mistakes.
And regarding "whatever means necessary"- just because I can't invent something off-the-cuff to satisfy a random stranger on the internet, doesn't mean that human ingenuity, and well-thought-out legislation can't find a 90% solution. And no amount of cynical pessimism is going to change my mind about that.