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Alternate Defense Counsel warns of exploding discovery volumes, rising case costs and seeks funding
Summary
The Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel told the committee that modern criminal discovery — terabytes of phone, video and other data — has dramatically increased case costs and contractor workload. ADC asked for additional funding to cover rising contractor and case costs and described statewide contractor shortages for large multi‑defendant,
Lindy Froelich, director of the Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel, told the committee that providing constitutionally required defense services for conflicted cases is increasingly expensive and operationally strained because discovery volumes and case complexity have ballooned.
Froelich described a recent example in which a 17‑defendant organized‑crime indictment produced thousands of pages of material and multiple bilingual counsel needs; she said it illustrates why ADC must pay outside contractors and interpreters and why the…
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