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Government

Jun. 21, 2013

Central District public defender's office to close for more than a week in September

The Central District federal public defender's office is taking a unique approach to the sequestration cuts that have slashed the federal government's indigent defense budget by more than 10 percent nationwide.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Central District federal public defender's office is taking a unique approach to the federal spending cuts known as sequestration that have slashed the government's indigent defense budget by more than 10 percent nationwide.


While most offices spread attorney and support staff furloughs over the course of the fiscal year ending in September, Sean Kennedy, the district's federal public d...

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