Jul. 17, 2015
ACLU sues Fresno County over poor public defender funding
Describing the Fresno County Public Defender's Office as in "a state of crisis," the ACLU filed suit on Tuesday against Fresno County and the State of California, seeking increased funding and monitoring.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A series of budget cuts Fresno County began implementing in 2008 led to the public
defender staff being reduced by more than half, and the remaining lawyers forced to
take on three times their normal caseload. On Tuesday, the ACLU and Paul Hastings
LLP sued to force the county to restore the funds, saying it had created "a state
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