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A stark contrast in courts: Coleman-Franken lawyers v. public defenders

By Gideon

From the MinnPost: Michael Kunkel’s work was done. For the moment. The young lawyer with the Joe Mauer sideburns was trying to relax. His hearing before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, including rapid-fire, rugged questioning from the three justices, was over. But his day was not. Kunkel, 29, was gathering his belongings for a parole hearing in Anoka County 25 miles. He has another 30 or so cases on his desk back at the State Public Defender’s Office at the less-than-glamorous Griggs Midway Building on University Avenue in St. Paul. Just so happens Kunkel’s venue today was Courtroom 200 of the Minnesota Judicial Center. It’s directly beneath Courtroom 300, the daily venue for the Norm Coleman-Al Franken recount trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).