Public defense special report: Staff cuts will lead to delays 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, June 16, 2008
By Barbara L. Jones

Public defender caseload - Source: State Board of Public DefenseConsequences of the recent $3.7 million budget cut for the state’s public-defender system will be felt throughout the legal system as some clients go unrepresented and cases begin to stack up.The system will be short the equivalent of 53 lawyers — about 15 percent of its ...