Sacramento defense lawyers have been without salary since July after federal funding for private lawyers appointed by the court has exhausted, affecting their ability to represent the defendants who cannot afford a legal advisor. “We have missed three months of endless pay check checks,” said Dina Santos, lawyer for the criminal justice law. The financing of these lawyers comes from the money approved by the congress, and until new funding is authorized, the payments remain frozen. “We expected that they got a new budget in October, we would be paid for all this bag, but now that the government has closed, there is no payment,” said Santos. Financial pressure is not limited to lawyers; Support staff such as investigators and parajurists do not become again again. Earlier this month, $ 8.5 million was published in the Panel lawyer fund, allowing partial payments. Lawyer Mark Reichel noted that he had received around 10% of what he should. With 85% of lawyers working in small businesses or solo practices, concerns occur on how long they can continue without complete compensation. “There are lawyers who speak of not going ahead and asking to withdraw us, who qualifies to replace. Reichel has declared that this unpaid section also threatens the constitutional law of the defendants to a legal advisor.” We have a constitution and the constitution guarantees that the accused have the right to a lawyer, and we slowly erod all these rights that we all expect to be maintained. ” Santos. “I will not take any more cases as long as I am not guaranteed that I am paid,” said Reichel. Government have been welcomed by a press release, because they do not provide statements. Steel
Sacramento defense lawyers have been without salary since July after federal funding for private lawyers appointed by the court has exhausted, affecting their ability to represent the defendants who cannot afford a legal advisor.
“We have missed three months of endless pay check checks,” said Dina Santos, lawyer for the law on justice.
The financing of these lawyers comes from the money approved by the congress, and until new funding is authorized, the payments remain frozen.
“We expected that they got a new budget in October, we would be paid for all this bag, but now that the government has closed, there is no payment,” said Santos.
Financial pressure is not limited to lawyers; Support staff such as investigators and parajurists do not become again again.
Earlier this month, $ 8.5 million was published in the Panel lawyer fund, allowing partial payments. Lawyer Mark Reichel noted that he had received around 10% of what he should.
With 85% of panel lawyers working in small businesses or solo practices, concerns occur on how long they can continue without complete compensation.
“There are lawyers who speak of not going ahead and asking to be withdrawn, asking to get out of a case. And the question becomes, who will find to replace us? Who is qualified to replace us?” Said Reichel.
This unpaid section also threatens the constitutional law of defendants to legal advice.
“We have a constitution and the Constitution guarantees that the accused are entitled to a lawyer, and we slowly erod all these rights that we all believe and we expect to be maintained,” said Santos.
If lawyers of the panel begin to withdraw, criminal cases could face significant delays.
“I will not have any more cases as long as I am not guaranteed that I will be paid,” said Reichel.
CJA lawyers are responsible for 40% of all the country’s criminal affairs and, according to the American courts, this work cannot simply be transferred to the federal defender organizations, which are already under sub-effective.
Attempts to reach the agency for comments in the midst of a government closure were welcomed by a reference to a press release, as they do not provide declarations.
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