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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
Puce bbw
  09/20/17
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Wine Sexy Hall
  09/20/17
where do we apply
Cruel-hearted Tantric Church
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
Hairless Vibrant Legal Warrant
  09/20/17
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Claret Set Idiot
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
contagious at-the-ready hairy legs
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
frozen french chef toaster
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
red selfie
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
carnelian water buffalo giraffe
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
ivory school
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
boyish church building nowag
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
motley abode
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
adventurous dull university gaming laptop
  09/20/17
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Wine Sexy Hall
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
swashbuckling stag film clown
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
carnelian water buffalo giraffe
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
frozen french chef toaster
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
Cruel-hearted Tantric Church
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
Chest-beating Galvanic Stock Car Stage
  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
Underhanded office immigrant
  09/20/17
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Wine Sexy Hall
  09/20/17
Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
carnelian water buffalo giraffe
  09/20/17
lol at flat fees. how to get mega fucked in 2 easy steps. ...
ivory school
  09/20/17
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vivacious fantasy-prone sweet tailpipe
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
red selfie
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
ivory school
  09/20/17
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swashbuckling stag film clown
  09/20/17
yup
Wonderful Adulterous Piazza
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
Wonderful Adulterous Piazza
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
motley abode
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: Puce bbw

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been criticized as deeply flawed, particularly in death penalty cases. It underwent some changes in 2011, but judges still handpick defense lawyers, and they are paid only $70 an hour — less than half the federal pay rate for capital defenders and far too low to attract experienced death penalty lawyers, said Lisa Borden, who oversees pro bono programs at the Baker Donelson law firm in Birmingham. In 2011, former judges on the state’s highest courts told the United States Supreme Court that capital defendants in Alabama faced “a lack of qualified counsel at all stages.”

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/us/alabama-kharon-davis-speedy.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248557)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:48 AM
Author: Wine Sexy Hall



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Tantric Church

where do we apply

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248563)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: Hairless Vibrant Legal Warrant

Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice

The state goes hard, probably thinks 70 dollars way too much

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248565)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:45 AM
Author: Claret Set Idiot



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: contagious at-the-ready hairy legs

half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248567)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:20 AM
Author: frozen french chef toaster

140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead expenses office and taxes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248576)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:49 AM
Author: red selfie

$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insurance defense lawyers would work for that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248721)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:51 AM
Author: carnelian water buffalo giraffe

And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting prisons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248728)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:16 AM
Author: ivory school

not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour work week. your bills are screened. if you think you can bill for 100% of your time, you're either

a. an idiot; or

b. in biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248820)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:27 AM
Author: boyish church building nowag

$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NYC. so how much does NY pay its death penalty attorneys?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248612)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:17 AM
Author: motley abode

$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get this work. Lawyers line up around the block to do it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249859)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:38 AM
Author: adventurous dull university gaming laptop

LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a decent defense?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248664)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:41 AM
Author: Wine Sexy Hall



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: swashbuckling stag film clown

Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anything the trial attorney did malpractice.

Did your client testify? Well, that was malpractice because it allowed the state to bring in your client's 15 prior felonies.

Did your client not testify? Well, that was malpractice because you never let the jury hear their side of the story.

Don't really blame appellate counsel for throwing hail mary's, but it makes the jurisprudence lulzy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249737)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:48 AM
Author: carnelian water buffalo giraffe

I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248714)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:49 AM
Author: frozen french chef toaster

It'd be a raise for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248719)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:50 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Tantric Church

i never get out of bed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248724)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:57 AM
Author: Chest-beating Galvanic Stock Car Stage

yeah, you would.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248751)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:45 AM
Author: Underhanded office immigrant

real dollars, not abbo bux

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248870)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:58 AM
Author: Wine Sexy Hall



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: carnelian water buffalo giraffe

Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248765)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:15 AM
Author: ivory school

lol at flat fees.

how to get mega fucked in 2 easy steps.

step 1-consider flat fee

step 2-accept flat fee

related, those fees are really fucking shitty



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248817)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:19 AM
Author: vivacious fantasy-prone sweet tailpipe



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: red selfie

Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248832)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:27 AM
Author: ivory school

bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between 1:00 and 1:13.

my advice is that you accept the plea offer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248840)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:03 AM
Author: swashbuckling stag film clown



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: Wonderful Adulterous Piazza

yup



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249800)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:11 AM
Author: Wonderful Adulterous Piazza

you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of govt right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249806)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:20 AM
Author: motley abode

Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because lawyers will do this shit for free.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249873)