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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
bright pontificating puppy
  09/20/17
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Ruddy affirmative action
  09/20/17
where do we apply
bateful reading party
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
Yapping Set
  09/20/17
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Electric irate volcanic crater
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
Concupiscible Den
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
bistre self-absorbed nibblets goyim
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
Seedy nursing home windowlicker
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
Excitant kitchen famous landscape painting
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
Gay National Security Agency Stock Car
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
Dull marvelous lodge
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
Ocher Talented Keepsake Machete Brunch
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
Copper vibrant french chef
  09/20/17
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Ruddy affirmative action
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
Glittery national telephone
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
Excitant kitchen famous landscape painting
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
bistre self-absorbed nibblets goyim
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
bateful reading party
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
lascivious misanthropic rehab friendly grandma
  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
boyish meetinghouse depressive
  09/20/17
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Ruddy affirmative action
  09/20/17
Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
Excitant kitchen famous landscape painting
  09/20/17
lol at flat fees. how to get mega fucked in 2 easy steps. ...
Gay National Security Agency Stock Car
  09/20/17
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Soul-stirring dopamine
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
Seedy nursing home windowlicker
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
Gay National Security Agency Stock Car
  09/20/17
...
Glittery national telephone
  09/20/17
yup
arousing heaven pocket flask
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
arousing heaven pocket flask
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
Ocher Talented Keepsake Machete Brunch
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: bright pontificating puppy

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: Ruddy affirmative action



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: bateful reading party

where do we apply

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: Yapping 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: Electric irate volcanic crater



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: Concupiscible Den

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: bistre self-absorbed nibblets goyim

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: Seedy nursing home windowlicker

$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: Excitant kitchen famous landscape painting

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

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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:16 AM
Author: Gay National Security Agency Stock Car

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: Dull marvelous lodge

$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: Ocher Talented Keepsake Machete Brunch

$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: Copper vibrant french chef

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: Ruddy affirmative action



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: Glittery national telephone

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: Excitant kitchen famous landscape painting

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: bistre self-absorbed nibblets goyim

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: bateful reading party

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: lascivious misanthropic rehab friendly grandma

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: boyish meetinghouse depressive

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: Ruddy affirmative action



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Excitant kitchen famous landscape painting

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: Gay National Security Agency Stock Car

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: Soul-stirring dopamine



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: Seedy nursing home windowlicker

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: Gay National Security Agency Stock Car

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: Glittery national telephone



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: arousing heaven pocket flask

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: arousing heaven pocket flask

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: Ocher Talented Keepsake Machete Brunch

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)