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Lawmakers outline plan to raise bar advocate wages, hire more public defenders
So-called "bar advocates" — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting new cases for more than two months as they seek higher hourly rates. Lawmakers say they plan to increase wages by $20 per hour — less than the $35 per hour bar advocates are asking for.
More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...
Imagine a scenario in which a dedicated public defender is facing retirement in three years. Although they have the finances ...
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‘Overworked and underpaid’: Grand jury report on Public Defender’s Office calls out staff, building issuesIn a report released Wednesday, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury called for an overhaul of resources for the Public ...
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Schuyler County Public Defender receives award from NYSDASchuyler County’s public defender has been honored with an award from the New York State Defender’s Association (NYSDA), as ...
Mohammed Al Rawi, CIO for the county’s Office of the Public Defender, guided it through a significant tech refresh in a tenure of more than six years. His next private-sector role reflects his work in ...
A major funding crisis is threatening the federal court system's ability to provide legal representation for those unable to afford it, impacting ...
Federal public defenders would be forced to eliminate over 600 positions or defer paying court-appointed criminal defense attorneys for over two months under a proposed Republican-backed budget plan ...
When officers arrived they found the victim, a Sonoma County Public Defender, who had been struck in the face multiple times ...
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