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Deschutes County Grapples with Public Defender Shortage

A loss in personnel creates a shortage in local representation, causing the release of some criminals ....

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Staffing shortages leading Big Island public defenders to withdraw from cases : Big Island Now

Public defenders are usually overworked, but on the Big Island the problem is exacerbated with 4 of the 15 positions (26%) currently vacant, leading to the withdrawal from cases. ....

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Alaska public defender shortage will grow worse without action, budget documents indicate

The shortage has already caused public defenders to begin refusing cases in Nome and Bethel. ....

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State Bar 'crisis' warning

Defense attorney Dan Adams on prosecutor, public defender shortage ....

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Judge appoints attorneys for suspects who spent weeks without

A couple hundred suspects are sitting in jail and have waited more than 20 days to get a lawyer to represent them. ....

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