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The Marsh Manchester Courts Building in South Richmond. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) Richmond City Council has agreed to start supplementing the salaries of lawyers in the city’s Public Defender’s office. They’ve set aside nearly $600,000 in this year’s budget roughly half the amount the office asked for. Public defenders, who represent people who can’t afford a lawyer, have urged the city to help pay their salaries for years. The state of Virginia pays the salaries of prosecutors in Commonwealth Attorney offices as well as attorneys in public defender offices. But Richmond, like many other Virginia cities, supplements the salaries of prosecutors. ....
The John Marshall Courts Building in Richmond. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) In Richmond, attorneys who represent people who can’t afford a lawyer are asking the city to help pay their salaries. Like many public defenders across the country, they say they struggle to keep lawyers on staff, which makes it difficult to provide equal justice for people accused of crimes. After years of campaigning for more money, the office might finally get the funding it’s asked for as the city deliberates this year’s budget. The state of Virginia pays the salaries of both the Commonwealth Attorney’s office and the public defender’s office. But the city supplements the salaries of its prosecutors. ....