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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
laughsome area boltzmann
  09/20/17
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Topaz rough-skinned toaster
  09/20/17
where do we apply
sooty heady theater
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
Tripping school cafeteria
  09/20/17
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Vengeful set patrolman
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
slap-happy hospital yarmulke
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
judgmental razzmatazz generalized bond
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
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  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
Stimulating Jade Faggot Firefighter Friendly Grandma
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
Plum keepsake machete
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
Lavender Telephone
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
dull heaven affirmative action
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
stirring flirting mother macaca
  09/20/17
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Topaz rough-skinned toaster
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
mentally impaired sepia stag film
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
Stimulating Jade Faggot Firefighter Friendly Grandma
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
judgmental razzmatazz generalized bond
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
sooty heady theater
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
Hateful Appetizing Gay Wizard
  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
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  09/20/17
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Topaz rough-skinned toaster
  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. ...
Plum keepsake machete
  09/20/17
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brindle deep stain brethren
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
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  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
Plum keepsake machete
  09/20/17
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mentally impaired sepia stag film
  09/20/17
yup
Salmon Arousing Parlor
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
Salmon Arousing Parlor
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
dull heaven affirmative action
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: laughsome area boltzmann

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: Topaz rough-skinned toaster



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: sooty heady theater

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: Tripping school cafeteria

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: Vengeful set patrolman



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: slap-happy hospital yarmulke

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: judgmental razzmatazz generalized bond

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: Razzle-dazzle Brass Toilet Seat

$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: Stimulating Jade Faggot Firefighter Friendly Grandma

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: Plum keepsake machete

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: Lavender Telephone

$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: dull heaven affirmative action

$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: stirring flirting mother macaca

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: Topaz rough-skinned toaster



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: mentally impaired sepia stag film

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: Stimulating Jade Faggot Firefighter Friendly Grandma

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: judgmental razzmatazz generalized bond

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: sooty heady theater

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: Hateful Appetizing Gay Wizard

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: Obsidian Soggy Site

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: Topaz rough-skinned toaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248754)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Stimulating Jade Faggot Firefighter Friendly Grandma

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: Plum keepsake machete

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: brindle deep stain brethren



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248825)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Brass Toilet Seat

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: Plum keepsake machete

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: mentally impaired sepia stag film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249744)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: Salmon Arousing Parlor

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: Salmon Arousing Parlor

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: dull heaven affirmative action

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)