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Council approves $21,000 to expand public defender contract as caseload surges
Summary
Fulton County approved an additional appropriation to make a part‑time public defender contract full time after the office reported a large caseload increase and higher state weighting reduced contracted capacity.
Fulton County council members voted unanimously to approve an additional appropriation to convert a part‑time contracted public defender into a full‑time contract amid a surge in cases.
Mackenzie, speaking for the public defender office, told the council the office closed 2024 with 774 cases, up from 650 the prior year, and that caseloads continued to increase this year. She said as of the Monday when she ran numbers the office had 412 active cases and had taken…
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