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Monday, September 08, 2008

Ind. Courts - "Lake commissioner backs proposal to prune public defender staff"

Bill Dolan has this report today in the NWI Times. Some quotes:

CROWN POINT | Support is growing among Lake County officials to thin out the ranks of lawyers defending at public expense indigent people accused of minor crimes. * * *

The lawyer reduction is one part of a larger plan to cut county government's current spending levels by $15 million because of state-mandated property tax caps that will reduce local government revenue.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 8, 2008 11:44 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts