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State lawyers in FL, GA face furloughs

By Gideon

From law.com: As state budgets in Florida and Georgia are slashed, their criminal justice systems are taking a hit. Hundreds of prosecutors and assistant public defenders in Georgia and Florida are facing one-day-a-month furloughs — forced unpaid leave — through the end of the year. Both states appear to be suffering from the same malady — a catastrophic reduction in tax revenue due to the housing meltdown. Georgia’s budget shortfall is estimated at $1.6 billion and Florida’s, $1.2 billion. Georgia public defenders appear to have dodged a bullet, at least for now. Last month, the state Public Defender Standards Council had defiantly refused to accept its share of the 6 percent state budget cut. Then the board, which oversees the public defenders, put forth a plan calling for furloughs of at least one day a month for all staff...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on October 14, 2008 (boomark / email).