Working conditions are looking more and more like 2001 to Bill Ward, chief public defender in Minnesota’s 10th Judicial District.
And that’s not a good thing.
Budget cuts are hitting the justice system hard in Minnesota. The state's public defenders will soon stop representing parents in child welfare cases, withdraw from some drug courts and postpone other cases. State Bar president Mike Ford anticipates that reduced staffing levels for public defender offices throughout the state will lead to delays in the handling of all criminal cases, and could adversely affect family and civil cases as well.
June 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Working conditions are looking more and more like 2001 to Bill Ward, chief public defender in Minnesota’s 10th Judicial District.
And that’s not a good thing.
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