The government ran out of money to pay for justice. That’s the stark reality that federal public defense lawyers across the country are facing. With nearly three months remaining in the fiscal year, hundreds of dedicated “panel lawyers” (private attorneys who represent accused individuals unable to afford a lawyer) stopped receiving payment for their work. The reason for this […]
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Andrew Birrell is president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.