4 ms·

Hi, founder of Free Law Project here. Actually, the DOJ is the biggest PACER user and they pay a ton of money on PACER each year. Somebody FOIA'ed it a few year

Hi, founder of Free Law Project here. Actually, the DOJ is the biggest PACER user and they pay a ton of money on PACER each year. Somebody FOIA'ed it a few years back, and it totals about $3-4M/year. https://free.law/pacer-facts/#what-if-i%E2%80%99m-a-government-employee-say-at https://free.law/pacer-facts/#what-if-i%E2%80%99m-a-governme...

seanmcdirmid 6y ago
There is a difference between defense attorneys having to pay out of pocket (and being reimbursed a few years later) and the DOJ paying the bill for their prosecutors.
- mlissner 6y ago
  Yes, very true, thanks. Another interesting angle is how DOJ can subpoena tech co's for, say, location information, but defense attorneys can't. So if you want exculpatory data, you have fewer avenues for getting it. The deck is stacked in a lot of ways against the defense.
  - jhart99 6y ago
    What prevents defense attorney's from accessing that data? Would it be possible for a defendant to download his own location history and use it?
    - ta2987 6y ago
      > can subpoena
toomuchtodo 6y ago
Does the DOJ use RECAP? If not, could they be convinced to? It’s effectively free money for them to just push out the RECAP browser extension over a group policy to their entire user base.
- mlissner 6y ago
  That'd be a win, but to our knowledge, no.
  - toomuchtodo 6y ago
    I will put the ask forth. Thanks for the context.