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> In the past five years, she has taken 3,802 cases, including 1,787 new felonies, according to data from Michigan’s Third Judicial Circuit Court. That’s more
by CamJN 7y ago
> In the past five years, she has taken 3,802 cases, including 1,787 new felonies, according to data from Michigan’s Third Judicial Circuit Court. That’s more than one felony case every workday—excluding the ones involving simple probation violations, which Cameron also takes hundreds of each year.
3802/(5*365.25) ≈ 2.08 cases per day, every day in those five years including weekends, not just "more than one per workday". There is no way these cases are being handled adequately.
I get that the more than one a day refers just to felonies, but it's still ridiculous.
- tyingq 7y agoShe probably has a spreadsheet or similar that the DA has (off the record) agreed to that calculates plea deals. Then most of the work goes to her staff.
- exhilaration 7y agoAfter reading the article, I'm pretty sure she doesn't have any staff.
- jandrese 7y agoShe's a public defender. She doesn't have a staff. The state can barely afford her wage as it is.
- socialist_coder 7y agoI'm pretty sure the article says she is a private attorney who gets overload cases. These are all paid by the case so it is in the best interest of the attorney to cut a deal quickly rather than do any kind of investigation or work.
- jandrese 7y agoShe's a private version of the public defender, taking on as many cases as possible to get the check from the state for each one. It's still all about minimizing costs while maximizing profits and not fretting about the little things like guilt or innocence.
- anamexis 7y agoThe quote is "more than one felony case every workday," and the number of felony cases was 1,787, yielding 1787/(5*261) ≈ 1.37 felony cases per workday.
- brewdad 7y agoShe gets 10 public holidays a year off and probably another 2-3 weeks of vacation/sick time. 1787/(5*236)= 1.51 felony cases per workday.