Sunday, August 25, 2013

Cutting Public Defenders Can Cost Federal Government More

With the sequester, the Public Defender's Office in Tucson, Ariz., has lost a quarter of its staff. But everyone is entitled to legal representation, so judges are appointing expensive private attorneys in the public defenders' place.

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Source: http://www.npr.org/2013/08/24/214997385/sequestration-is-costly-in-public-defenders-offices?ft=1&f=1070

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