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WA: budgeting for justice east of Wenatchee

From the Wenatchee World:Douglas County mulling switch to nonprofit public defenseIn the midst of a statewide overhaul of indigent criminal defense, Douglas County and at least two other counties in Washington are looking at switching to nonprofit public defender offices next year. The proposals are part of sweeping changes that began four years ago, after Grant County was sued for negligence over its failing public defense system...Chelan County changed to a nonprofit format last year... Douglas County would fashion its system after Chelan County?s Counsel for Defense. In Chelan County, defense attorneys work full time on public defense cases and are paid on a similar scale as prosecutors...

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on November 04, 2008 (boomark / email).