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Public Defender?s Office needs funds

By Gideon

From WWLTV.com: “Prosecuting criminals is an important part of keeping order in the city,” said Ken Foster, anti-crime advocate and co-founder of Silence Is Violence. But Foster acknowledges that doesn’t tell the whole story. “The other side of the coin is the Public Defenders Office.” On the corner of Tulane and Broad, 32 criminal court public defenders work to help the city’s indigent and accused, that’s compared to the 90 district attorneys paid to argue against them. “There’s a recognition in this city that we want a top flight fully functioning, effective, efficient, and fair criminal justice system, but we’re not going to get that if we only have a public defenders office that’s one third the size of the prosecutor,” said Chris Flood, New Orleans interim chief public defender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on October 18, 2008 (boomark / email).