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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
Wonderful Obsidian Gas Station
  09/20/17
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carmine station
  09/20/17
where do we apply
aphrodisiac greedy business firm ratface
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
pearl love of her life karate
  09/20/17
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mustard marketing idea
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
contagious ceo
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
Seedy flickering spot
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
Jet cracking fanboi
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
supple hall milk
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
razzle azn senate
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
Fantasy-prone floppy coldplay fan
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
Dashing lodge nowag
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
bronze talented gaming laptop
  09/20/17
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carmine station
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
low-t newt
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
supple hall milk
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
Seedy flickering spot
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
aphrodisiac greedy business firm ratface
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
self-absorbed indigo famous landscape painting genital piercing
  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
Lime brunch elastic band
  09/20/17
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carmine station
  09/20/17
Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
supple hall milk
  09/20/17
lol at flat fees. how to get mega fucked in 2 easy steps. ...
razzle azn senate
  09/20/17
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onyx associate
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
Jet cracking fanboi
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
razzle azn senate
  09/20/17
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low-t newt
  09/20/17
yup
razzle-dazzle dopamine incel
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
razzle-dazzle dopamine incel
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
Dashing lodge nowag
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: Wonderful Obsidian Gas Station

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: carmine station



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: aphrodisiac greedy business firm 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: pearl love of her life karate

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: mustard marketing idea



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: contagious ceo

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: Seedy flickering spot

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: Jet cracking fanboi

$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: supple hall milk

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: razzle azn senate

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: Fantasy-prone floppy coldplay fan

$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: Dashing lodge nowag

$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: bronze talented gaming laptop

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: carmine station



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: low-t newt

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: supple hall milk

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: Seedy flickering spot

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: aphrodisiac greedy business firm 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: self-absorbed indigo famous landscape painting genital piercing

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: Lime brunch elastic band

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: carmine station



(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: supple hall milk

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: razzle azn senate

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: onyx associate



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: Jet cracking fanboi

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: razzle azn senate

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: low-t newt



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle dopamine incel

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: razzle-dazzle dopamine incel

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: Dashing lodge nowag

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)