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Post‑Conviction Defender office briefs committee on $4.2 million request to cover raises, rent and IT support
Summary
The director of Tennessee’s Post‑Conviction Defender Office presented a $4.2 million budget request to the Senate Judiciary Committee to cover statutory step raises for attorneys, higher rent after a lease move, and new IT services. The committee approved the office’s request and voted to send the budget to finance.
Justina Scalpone, director of the Post Conviction Defender Office, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that her agency’s FY budget request totals $4.2 million and reflects three primary cost increases: mandatory statutory step raises for attorneys tied to the public‑defender pay scale, a one‑time rent increase after the office moved from Parkway Towers to Metro Center, and funding for additional IT services (including a requested new position).
Scalpone said the statutory step raises are part…
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