Government
Feb. 15, 2014
Indigent defenders get $40 million funding boost
Restored funding will also return CJA panel rates to pre-sequestration levels.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Indigent defense lawyers were heartened, if somewhat reservedly so, after an announcement this week that the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts had restored more than $40 million in funding that was cut from their budgets due to sequestration measures.
In a memo sent to a broad swath of federal court officials, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, head of the AOC, announced the increases which wil...
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