Luzerne County Chief Public Defender Albert J. Flora Jr., along with three indigent adult criminal defendants, has filed a class action suit against the county and County Manager Robert C. Lawton for what they allege is "deliberate indifference to the funding needs" of the Adult Unit of the Luzerne County Public Defender’s Office.
The suit claims the office’s ability to represent adult defendants has suffered while its juvenile representation has seen marked improvement because of grant funding following the county’s "kids-for-cash" scandal.
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