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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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