Amended Bill Would Keep Kentucky's Public Defender System From Shutting Its Doors

LEO Weekly | March 11, 2009
Some of Kentucky's leading lawyers and legal experts predicted the massive state budget shortfall would force the struggling public defender's office to shut down by next month, likely bringing the criminal justice system to a screeching halt. That warning got the attention of lawmakers in Frankfort.

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