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High Public Defender Caseloads Could Lead to Nightmare Results if You Are Accused of a Crime

By Walin & Klarich

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Recently, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Brennan Legacy Award Dinner. At the event, which is named in honor of United States Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Attorney General Holder addressed some issues which have scary implications for those with a pending criminal case. Due to the current economic environment, Public Defender?s offices throughout the country are facing record caseloads. This issue is creating a detrimental situation in which those individuals who are assigned a public defender are receiving little to no attention on their cases. In one state, it was reported that one county public defenders office was assigned more than 10,000 cases in 2008 and they were handled by only six lawyers. This means lawyers could spend an average of just under an hour per case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on January 21, 2010 (boomark / email).

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