Public Defenders

Psychologist Settles BTK Tape Suit

A psychologist hired to interview the BTK killer has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle charges he profited from a videotape of Dennis Rader’s comments. After the tape ended up on Dateline NBC, the state of Kansas sued Massachusetts psychologist Robert Mendoza, along with an associate and their company, Cambridge…

May 11, 2007 4:37 PM CDT

New Lawyer for Alleged D.C. Madam

A federal judge has appointed a new attorney to represent alleged D.C. madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey. He is Preston Burton of the Orrick law firm, the same lawyer who once represented Monica Lewinsky and accused spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen, according to the Washington Post. Palfrey had disagreed with…

May 7, 2007 5:42 PM CDT

Low-Paid Fla. Prosecutors, Defenders Are Quitting

Prosecutors and public defenders in Florida are leaving their low-paying jobs at alarming rates, according to the offices that employ them. The Miami Herald cites statistics from the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office. It lost 126 out of 291 attorneys in 2005 and 2006. The public defender’s office there lost 63…

May 2, 2007 6:33 PM CDT

Almost 100 Lacking Counsel to be Released?

With at least 82 indigent defendants in New Orleans totally unrepresented by counsel, Judge Arthur Hunter may make good on his threat to let them out of jail if public defenders aren’t provided, the AP reports. The judge ordered 42 unrepresented prisoners released last month, but delayed implementation of the…

Apr 18, 2007 8:16 PM CDT

Judge Slams Defense Tab

A Florida judge is criticizing a $46,000 tab for the defense of an accused murderer as one of the worst examples of overpayment that she’s ever seen. Defendant Luis Martinez has had four sets of publicly funded attorneys since his arrest in 2003. The latest attorney, Barry Butin of Fort…

Apr 10, 2007 3:20 PM CDT

Psychologist Settles BTK Tape Suit

New Lawyer for Alleged D.C. Madam

Low-Paid Fla. Prosecutors, Defenders Are Quitting

Almost 100 Lacking Counsel to be Released?

Judge Slams Defense Tab

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