Apr 07 2008
Stroger Quashes Justice
crossposted from the Chicago Daily Observer:
Cook County Public Defender Ed Burnett is facing a “catch 22” and it’s time to let the public know about it.
For more than a year Burnett has been trying to get County Board President Todd Stroger to supply the funding his office needs to hire more public defenders. Instead, for more than a year, the Public Defender has seen his budget cut, Attorneys and support staff slashed to nearly half the level they were at five years ago. Burnett has been forced by Stroger to watch his staff cut to bare bones while the public’s need for more public defenders rose… [read more]
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