DOJ urges more help for understaffed, underfunded public defenders
The DOJ is urging renewed commitment to equal justice as public defense plagued by inadequate funding, short staffing and staggering caseloads
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The DOJ is urging renewed commitment to equal justice as public defense plagued by inadequate funding, short staffing and staggering caseloads
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The 562 lawyers taking contract cases is a decrease of almost 50 percent from the 1,100 lawyers who were taking court-appointed cases in 2014, the Iowa State Bar Association said.