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posted by janrinok on Friday August 05 2016, @06:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the revenge-is-sweet dept.

Imagine you are responsible for providing legal representation for indigent people in your state (the public defender's office). Seven years ago, a request for additional funding to meet increased case load was vetoed. Your budget was cut in 2015 and now the governor's office is recommending further cuts. Making things worse is the fact that the number of cases has increased 12%. What would you do?

The Director of the Missouri Public Defender System came up with a novel approach to help meet the increased caseload burden and sent a letter to the Governor (PDF) compelling him to work cases.

Additional reporting here, here, and here.


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  • (Score: 2) by jelizondo on Friday August 05 2016, @04:48PM

    by jelizondo (653) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 05 2016, @04:48PM (#384531) Journal

    I don't want to blame a particular political party

    Go ahead, say it, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, BOTH are as pro-business as they can get.

    You don't believe it? Just follow the money... going to both parties from Wall Street, insurance companies, big banks, the Koch brothers et al.

    God, I hate this situation... no choice at all or the long shot Green Party...

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