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Guam senators reject amendment to restore judicial client service fund backing for private attorney panel
Summary
An amendment to restore use of the judicial client service fund to cover Private Attorney Panel (PAP) shortfalls and related costs was debated at length and failed after members cited legal advice that user-fee funding risks the independence and predictability of indigent defense funding.
An amendment to restore language allowing the judicial client service fund to continue paying for the Private Attorney Panel (PAP), Erica’s House, marshals and interpreters failed after a contested floor debate in the Committee of the Whole. Senator Tydigwe, who proffered the change, said the fund "maintain[s] this client service fund to cover any shortfalls for the PAP." He argued the language simply restored existing…
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