Montgomery County’s top two public defenders were fired last month, allegedly for filing an amicus brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that raised a host of concerns over the way the county court system was conducting bail hearings. Now both defenders and the ACLU of Pennsylvania have filed suit, with the attorneys claiming their First Amendment rights were violated and the ACLU contending that the county government violated the Sunshine Act.
On Monday, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on behalf of several Montgomery County residents, including criminal defense attorney Jules Epstein, alleging that the county and its commissioners violated the Sunshine Act when it decided to fire former Chief Public Defender Dean Beer and former Deputy Chief Public Defender Keisha Hudson in late February without giving the public an opportunity to wade into the issue.
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