John Pfaff
2. Can’t tweet this stat enough: state/local govts spend $2B on indigent defense (~1% of all cj spending). While 80% of defs qualify.
1. Literally NO ONE has talked about this during the campaign. And “significant” for PD would be nothing for feds.https://twitter.com/JesseJannetta/status/707197935335968769 …
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3. A $4B fed grant—a rounding error in a $1.5T discretionary budget (0.3%)—would TRIPLE indigent defense budgets nationwide. But silence.
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4. This is actually something that
@BernieSanders,@HillaryClinton could DO! It’s cheap, it’s important, it’s feasible. But we hear nothing. - View other replies
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5. I get it. I’m just a prof with a twitter account screaming into the void. Maybe John Oliver can convince ppl:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USkEzLuzmZ4 …
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@JohnFPfaff Plus, with the current caseload I'm lucky if I can speak with clients just minutes before their cases are called for pretrial. -
@JohnFPfaff Thanks for writing this. I'm a senior felony PD and making less than I was when I was waiting tables in law school. -
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@JohnFPfaff@splcenter@JesseJannetta It's cost-effective! "A future prosecutor's plea to fund indigent defense": http://nyulawcommentator.org/2016/03/02/a-law-students-plea-to-fund-indigent-defense-services/ … -
@JohnFPfaff@splcenter@JesseJannetta Learn about & sign to support the#NoMoneyBail Act: http://chn.ge/1R85y2r#CJreform@HouseJudiciary
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@johnfpfaff@chrislhayes This has been going on a looong time. http://ti.me/1R5jalj http://nyti.ms/1R5jnFf -
@johnfpfaff@chrislhayes Absolutely - horrible, inexcusable that the prolonged eviceration of Legal Services is completely off the radar.
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