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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
Underhanded Dilemma
  09/20/17
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Turquoise Vibrant Fortuitous Meteor
  09/20/17
where do we apply
brindle principal's office
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
Exciting transparent chapel
  09/20/17
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Rebellious big double fault blood rage
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
Disgusting charcoal friendly grandma
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
orange hunting ground turdskin
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
bateful balding scourge upon the earth
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
aphrodisiac philosopher-king mad cow disease
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
Excitant anal hospital international law enforcement agency
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
Drunken At-the-ready Legend
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
Electric Hell Roast Beef
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
Trip Reading Party
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Turquoise Vibrant Fortuitous Meteor
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
Diverse gunner pozpig
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
aphrodisiac philosopher-king mad cow disease
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
orange hunting ground turdskin
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
brindle principal's office
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
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  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
marvelous space
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Turquoise Vibrant Fortuitous Meteor
  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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Soul-stirring gaming laptop
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
bateful balding scourge upon the earth
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
Excitant anal hospital international law enforcement agency
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Diverse gunner pozpig
  09/20/17
yup
silver costumed station
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
silver costumed station
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
Electric Hell Roast Beef
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: Underhanded Dilemma

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: Turquoise Vibrant Fortuitous Meteor



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: brindle principal's office

where do we apply

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: Exciting transparent chapel

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: Rebellious big double fault blood rage



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: Disgusting charcoal friendly grandma

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: orange hunting ground turdskin

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: bateful balding scourge upon the earth

$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: aphrodisiac philosopher-king mad cow disease

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: Excitant anal hospital international law enforcement agency

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: Drunken At-the-ready Legend

$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: Electric Hell Roast Beef

$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: Trip Reading Party

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: Turquoise Vibrant Fortuitous Meteor



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: Diverse gunner pozpig

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: aphrodisiac philosopher-king mad cow disease

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: orange hunting ground turdskin

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: brindle principal's office

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: razzle-dazzle big-titted institution puppy

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: marvelous space

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: Turquoise Vibrant Fortuitous Meteor



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: aphrodisiac philosopher-king mad cow disease

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: Excitant anal hospital international law enforcement agency

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 gaming laptop



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: bateful balding scourge upon the earth

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: Excitant anal hospital international law enforcement agency

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: Diverse gunner pozpig



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: silver costumed station

yup



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:11 AM
Author: silver costumed station

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: Electric Hell Roast Beef

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)