{"id":32748,"date":"2013-03-18T15:59:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/you-have-the-right-to-an-attorney-but-we-cannot-afford-one.html"},"modified":"2013-03-18T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T21:59:24","slug":"you-have-the-right-to-an-attorney-but-we-cannot-afford-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/you-have-the-right-to-an-attorney-but-we-cannot-afford-one.html","title":{"rendered":""You have the right to an attorney, but we cannot afford one …""},"content":{"rendered":"
"You have the right to an attorney, but we cannot afford one …"<\/b><\/p>\n

The sequester has hit federal\u00a0public defenders much harder than federal prosecutors.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Public Defenders Hit Up To Six Times Harder Than Prosecutors By Sequester<\/a>
\n Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court decided Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right of criminal defendants to be represented by an attorney in state or federal court. Yet, as Andrew Coh…\n <\/p>\n

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"You have the right to an attorney, but we cannot afford one …" The sequester has hit federal\u00a0public defenders much harder than federal prosecutors. Public Defenders Hit Up To Six Times Harder Than Prosecutors By Sequester Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court decided Gideon v. 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