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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
charcoal masturbator
  09/20/17
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Razzle nudist church building preventive strike
  09/20/17
where do we apply
doobsian ratface
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
autistic jap orchestra pit
  09/20/17
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carnelian forum
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
Violet Jewess
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
alcoholic principal's office
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
Impressive marketing idea patrolman
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
Fragrant newt
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
hairless jet-lagged casino tattoo
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
Pale chad
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
racy underhanded toaster
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
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  09/20/17
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Razzle nudist church building preventive strike
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
coiffed psychic
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
Fragrant newt
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
alcoholic principal's office
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
doobsian ratface
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
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  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
mind-boggling rigpig
  09/20/17
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Razzle nudist church building preventive strike
  09/20/17
Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
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  09/20/17
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  09/20/17
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Scarlet Misunderstood Useless Brakes
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
Impressive marketing idea patrolman
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
hairless jet-lagged casino tattoo
  09/20/17
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coiffed psychic
  09/20/17
yup
demanding narrow-minded ladyboy piazza
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
demanding narrow-minded ladyboy piazza
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
racy underhanded toaster
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: charcoal masturbator

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: Razzle nudist church building preventive strike



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: doobsian ratface

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: autistic jap orchestra pit

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: carnelian forum



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: Violet Jewess

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: alcoholic principal's office

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: Impressive marketing idea patrolman

$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: Fragrant newt

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: hairless jet-lagged casino tattoo

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 chad

$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: racy underhanded toaster

$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: Mentally Impaired Keepsake Machete Coldplay Fan

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: Razzle nudist church building preventive strike



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: coiffed psychic

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: Fragrant newt

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: alcoholic principal's office

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: doobsian ratface

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: at-the-ready nursing home

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: mind-boggling rigpig

real dollars, not abbo bux

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:58 AM
Author: Razzle nudist church building preventive strike



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Fragrant newt

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: hairless jet-lagged casino tattoo

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: Scarlet Misunderstood Useless Brakes



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: Impressive marketing idea patrolman

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: hairless jet-lagged casino tattoo

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: coiffed psychic



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: demanding narrow-minded ladyboy 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: demanding narrow-minded ladyboy 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: racy underhanded toaster

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)