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GA Public Defender Financial Woes 101

By Adam Levin, Benjamin Goldberg, and Garrett Nail

Greg Land of the Fulton County Daily Report does an incredible job of summarizing the myriad of financial woes facing Georgia's public defenders.  Some highlights:By law, the council is restricted from requesting more than the revenue generated by certain fees and add-ons collected by superior courts and paid into a dedicated fund, which may not be used for any other purpose. But the Legislature this year cut the council?s Fiscal Year 2008 budget request to $35.4 million, a 20 percent reduction. . . . The issue of conflict attorneys is particularly urgent, said Sarah Haskin, deputy director of administration at the council. When adjusting the council?s budget earlier this year, Senate budget writers cut the council?s request for conflict counsel from $8 million to $2 million; the year before, she said, the council paid $11 million for such attorneys...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern Criminal Law and Justice on August 28, 2007 (boomark / email).