Work without recompense...

[Amanpour]

Hello guys, it´s been a while since I last came in here... but today I really need your help with these part of a document I´m working on...
Any and all help is welcome and apreciated!

....The variance depends a great deal on the extent of litigation. The majority of the lawyers handling these cases are court-appointed and work without recompense; but more often than not the courts, in order to avoid future appeals based on complaints of inadequate representation, appoint men of first quality who defend with commendable vigour. However, even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades the nation´s jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune, a game of chance...

I hope it´s not too long.
Thanks a million as I wait your contribution.(I totally love these smileys!)