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"Calif wants to cut legal aid attorneys for poor," is Deborah Hastings report for AP, via Google News.Lawyers for the poor, who say they already are stretched to the breaking point by huge caseloads and dwindling staff, face layoffs across the country as local governments slash spending in these hard economic times.Nowhere is the threat to public defenders more apparent than in California, the state with the biggest population ? at 38 million_ and the largest deficit ? $24.3 billion and counting.There's far more at stake than cutting jobs, say prosecutors and defense lawyers alike. Eliminating attorneys for the indigent may actually cost more money than it saves.Unlike any other public service, court-appointed counsel cannot be scaled back...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).