how about officers of the court being held responsible?
Gotta remember one thing...a lawyer gives you advice. Any time a lawyer guarantees you the outcome of any motion/trial/hearing, then the competency of the lawyer is in doubt. Any lawyer worth a damn should start by telling you that there are no guarantees in the system. Why? There's always that little secret waiting to spring out in the middle of the hearing, like injuries getting worse, a prior conviction the client forgot about, that positive drug test...
As for plea bargains, gotta agree with skid on that one. They suck, from all angles. If a person commits a crime, charge the person with that crime. He either admits or denies and goes to trial. All plea bargaining does is weaken the system by having prosecutors overcharge criminals to get back to where they should have started, and defense lawyers worried less about the truth than they are about the best deal. As the judge you're handcuffed by the deal and can't get to real justice based upon what actually happened, because the plea deal creates a legal fiction in which the case exists. Plea deals cause the public to lose confidence in the system. The only good plea deal is the one you get that keeps you out of prison.