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Public defense office secures state contracts to continue Blake and NGRI representation; board to highlight in department session
Summary
Thurston County Public Defense said two state-funded contracts — one to continue Blake (vacatur and LFO reimbursements) work and one to fund representation of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity defendants — will be renewed; both are grant-funded and carry no general-fund impact.
Thurston County Public Defense Director Patrick O'Connor told commissioners on Tuesday that the office has two state funding contracts ready for renewal that will continue representation and restitution work at no cost to the county general fund.
The first contract — with the Washington State Office of Public Defense — would continue funding for a lawyer assigned to…
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