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One billion dollars is spent per year on public defenders. The Justice Department spends twenty-eight billion dollars. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/us/pu
by ryacko 7y ago
One billion dollars is spent per year on public defenders. The Justice Department spends twenty-eight billion dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/us/public-defenders-are-tightening-belts-because-of-steep-federal-budget-cuts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/us/public-defenders-are-t...
- mirimir 7y agoSo it'd be a huge NGO, I guess.
- mirimir 7y agoAlso, from that article: > The result, said lawmakers, judges and public defenders, are court delays that might violate defendants’ rights to speedy trials and could lead to the dismissal of criminal cases. That does imply that the system is close to overload.