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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
Heady ebony mad-dog skullcap
  09/20/17
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mauve sweet tailpipe
  09/20/17
where do we apply
electric amethyst step-uncle's house
  09/20/17
Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice The st...
Mischievous Indigo Parlor Puppy
  09/20/17
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Peach center
  09/20/17
half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
Vengeful State Mediation
  09/20/17
140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead...
razzmatazz senate
  09/20/17
$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insuranc...
spectacular thirsty scourge upon the earth address
  09/20/17
And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting p...
Fishy coffee pot
  09/20/17
not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour w...
buck-toothed obsidian affirmative action
  09/20/17
$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
At-the-ready glittery foreskin
  09/20/17
$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
diverse bespoke native yarmulke
  09/20/17
LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
aphrodisiac elastic band roast beef
  09/20/17
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mauve sweet tailpipe
  09/20/17
Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
Arousing Church Building Fortuitous Meteor
  09/20/17
I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour
Fishy coffee pot
  09/20/17
It'd be a raise for me
razzmatazz senate
  09/20/17
i never get out of bed
electric amethyst step-uncle's house
  09/20/17
yeah, you would.
Slippery effete sneaky criminal ladyboy
  09/20/17
real dollars, not abbo bux
territorial electric furnace
  09/20/17
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mauve sweet tailpipe
  09/20/17
Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
Fishy coffee pot
  09/20/17
lol at flat fees. how to get mega fucked in 2 easy steps. ...
buck-toothed obsidian affirmative action
  09/20/17
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Contagious halford useless brakes
  09/20/17
Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
spectacular thirsty scourge upon the earth address
  09/20/17
bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between...
buck-toothed obsidian affirmative action
  09/20/17
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Arousing Church Building Fortuitous Meteor
  09/20/17
yup
doobsian shivering orchestra pit roommate
  09/20/17
you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of g...
doobsian shivering orchestra pit roommate
  09/20/17
Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because la...
diverse bespoke native yarmulke
  09/20/17


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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: Heady ebony mad-dog skullcap

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: mauve sweet tailpipe



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: electric amethyst step-uncle's house

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: Mischievous Indigo Parlor Puppy

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: Peach center



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: Vengeful State Mediation

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: razzmatazz senate

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: spectacular thirsty scourge upon the earth address

$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: Fishy coffee pot

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: buck-toothed obsidian affirmative action

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: At-the-ready glittery foreskin

$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: diverse bespoke native yarmulke

$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: aphrodisiac elastic band roast beef

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: mauve sweet tailpipe



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: Arousing Church Building Fortuitous Meteor

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: Fishy coffee pot

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: razzmatazz senate

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: electric amethyst step-uncle's house

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: Slippery effete sneaky criminal ladyboy

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: territorial electric furnace

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: mauve sweet tailpipe



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Fishy coffee pot

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: buck-toothed obsidian affirmative action

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: Contagious halford useless brakes



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: spectacular thirsty scourge upon the earth address

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: buck-toothed obsidian affirmative action

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: Arousing Church Building Fortuitous Meteor



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: doobsian shivering orchestra pit roommate

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: doobsian shivering orchestra pit roommate

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: diverse bespoke native yarmulke

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)