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"Public defender: No money, no death penalty," is John Byrne's report for the collective Chicago Breaking News. The Cook County public defender's share of a fund used to cover expenses to represent people in death-penalty cases is empty, the agency's leader announced Wednesday. Cook County Public Defender Abishi Cunningham Jr. said this money shortage means attorneys in his office will file dozens of motions this week asking judges to either bar the state from seeking death or allow public defenders to withdraw from capital cases because the attorneys can no longer mount adequate defenses. The Cook County State's Attorney's Office opposes the move, spokeswoman Sally Daly said. Cost should not be a factor in determining whether a defendant is eligible for capital punishment, she said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).