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Thursday, December 01, 2011
Courts - "Flat-fee contracting for indigent defense is used in more than a dozen states around the country"
"States beginning to rethink indigent defense systems" is the title to this story by Maggie Clark, Stateline staff writer. A quote:
Flat-fee contracting for indigent defense is used in more than a dozen states around the country. Fixed-rate contracts negotiated by governments with private attorneys are a common way for counties and states to save money in hard fiscal times. But they have drawn criticism from a variety of quarters. Nevada, Idaho, Michigan and Pennsylvania have all established special commissions to look at indigent defense in general and flat fees in particular.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 1, 2011 12:46 PM
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