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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

As a result of the shortages of public defenders in New Mexico, attorneys have had to represent 156 cases per year and work about 13 hours per case, regardless of whether the case is a misdemeanor or felony, the report details. . hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6

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A Reform DA Fights Back

The Crime Report

I never met a lawyer until I was somewhere in adulthood.” . I was born and raised in a community where I never met a lawyer in my entire life until I was somewhere in adulthood,” she said of her East Oakland childhood. The power she wields is rare and the need to create change is not just political, it’s personal.

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