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Ummm...Another Reason We Should Have Formal County Public Defender Offices?

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I read this story out of Warren County, NY and I thought to myself...Self, this shit must go on alllll the time!

Christopher T. Adams has been indicted on 35 counts of making false statements and theft for allegedly ripping off the county of over $40,000 by submitting false invoices for work that he allegedly did not perform. Adams is also charged with attempted to recruit another individual to help him with his scheme, a private investigator who instead reported Adams. According to prosecutors, the investigator used a concealed videotape and recorded Adams trying to solicit him. Adams allegedly told the investigator he could claim to have done work for Adams on cases, then bill the county and split the proceeds with Adams.According to the indictment, at issue are invoices submitted to the county by Adams from 2005 through 2006. Fourteen of the 17 theft charges are felonies for allegedly stealing more than $500. Although there were similar
allegations in Warren County, NY regarding special prosecutor Gary C. Hobbs, the county chose to ignore the situation and refused to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hobbs? billings.

Yup, If you had a county public defender office with an attorney who was salaried...this could never have happened. Still available for your reading pleasure is the California Commission On The Fair Administration Of Justice report on the benefits and drawbacks of contracted Public Defender offices.

Full post as published by Of a Public Defender's Life on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).

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