Times-Picayune report: Public defender's office starts cutting staff
 

In our recent item on the Orleans Parish Public Defender's Office and its almost comically terrifying money troubles, we quoted Chief Public Defender Derwyn Bunton saying this:


<blockquote> ... the office still faces a $1 million shortfall for the year and may have to lay off as many as 14 staff members, Bunton said. The office already has instituted a hiring freeze and suspended payments to contractors in an attempt to save money, but Bunton said those measures have only delayed more significant service restrictions ...? [ Read more ]

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