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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
Pungent athletic conference gas station
  09/20/17
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Talented depressive
  09/20/17
where do we apply
idiotic trip ticket booth
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
Vermilion space
  09/20/17
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Cream nursing home idiot
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
free-loading piazza
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
histrionic electric furnace voyeur
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
filthy water buffalo garrison
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
Transparent pocket flask
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
Buff Meetinghouse Organic Girlfriend
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
flickering adulterous senate legend
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
Razzle House Round Eye
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
Zippy Chapel Mad Cow Disease
  09/20/17
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Talented depressive
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
Ruddy parlour
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
Transparent pocket flask
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
histrionic electric furnace voyeur
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
idiotic trip ticket booth
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
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  09/20/17
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Talented depressive
  09/20/17
Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
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  09/20/17
lol at flat fees. how to get mega fucked in 2 easy steps. ...
Buff Meetinghouse Organic Girlfriend
  09/20/17
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aphrodisiac mauve principal's office new version
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
filthy water buffalo garrison
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
Buff Meetinghouse Organic Girlfriend
  09/20/17
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Ruddy parlour
  09/20/17
yup
Translucent stage prole
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
Translucent stage prole
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
Razzle House Round Eye
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: Pungent athletic conference gas station

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: Talented depressive



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: idiotic trip ticket booth

where do we apply

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: Vermilion space

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: Cream nursing home idiot



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: free-loading piazza

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: histrionic electric furnace voyeur

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: filthy water buffalo garrison

$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: Transparent pocket flask

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: Buff Meetinghouse Organic Girlfriend

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: flickering adulterous senate legend

$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: Razzle House Round Eye

$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: Zippy Chapel Mad Cow Disease

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: Talented depressive



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: Ruddy parlour

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: Transparent pocket flask

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: histrionic electric furnace voyeur

It'd be a raise for me

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:50 AM
Author: idiotic trip ticket booth

i never get out of bed

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:57 AM
Author: Indecent clown tanning salon

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: appetizing bonkers locale genital piercing

real dollars, not abbo bux

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:58 AM
Author: Talented depressive



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Transparent pocket flask

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: Buff Meetinghouse Organic Girlfriend

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: aphrodisiac mauve principal's office new version



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: filthy water buffalo garrison

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: Buff Meetinghouse Organic Girlfriend

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: Ruddy parlour



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: Translucent stage prole

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: Translucent stage prole

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: Razzle House Round Eye

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)