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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
aromatic pozpig water buffalo
  09/20/17
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where do we apply
Painfully Honest Sick Persian
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
Wild rambunctious ape set
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razzle-dazzle school cafeteria background story
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
French honey-headed newt
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
crimson goal in life
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
Fluffy trailer park fanboi
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
Indigo Buck-toothed Main People Black Woman
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
beady-eyed stag film nowag
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
pale potus temple
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
Sepia 180 keepsake machete institution
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
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buff up-to-no-good theater stage new version
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Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
bronze hairraiser lettuce digit ratio
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
Indigo Buck-toothed Main People Black Woman
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
crimson goal in life
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
Painfully Honest Sick Persian
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
vibrant selfie
  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
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buff up-to-no-good theater stage new version
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Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
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lol at flat fees. how to get mega fucked in 2 easy steps. ...
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Walnut Lay Prole
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
Fluffy trailer park fanboi
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
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bronze hairraiser lettuce digit ratio
  09/20/17
yup
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  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
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Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: aromatic pozpig water buffalo

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: buff up-to-no-good theater stage new version



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: Painfully Honest Sick Persian

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: Wild rambunctious ape set

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: razzle-dazzle school cafeteria background story



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: French honey-headed newt

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: crimson goal in life

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: Fluffy trailer park fanboi

$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: Indigo Buck-toothed Main People Black Woman

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: beady-eyed stag film nowag

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: pale potus temple

$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: Sepia 180 keepsake machete institution

$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: Swashbuckling sound barrier

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: buff up-to-no-good theater stage new version



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: bronze hairraiser lettuce digit ratio

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: Indigo Buck-toothed Main People Black Woman

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: crimson goal in life

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: Painfully Honest Sick Persian

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: vibrant selfie

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: stirring plaza dopamine

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: buff up-to-no-good theater stage new version



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Indigo Buck-toothed Main People Black Woman

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: beady-eyed stag film nowag

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: Walnut Lay Prole



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: Fluffy trailer park fanboi

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: beady-eyed stag film nowag

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: bronze hairraiser lettuce digit ratio



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: vivacious coral faggot firefighter

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: vivacious coral faggot firefighter

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: Sepia 180 keepsake machete institution

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)