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Public defender warns expert-witness fund is exhausted, asks for modest position to ease court coverage
Summary
Public Defender Liz Pollock said the office has exhausted ARPA funds for experts and currently has no internal expert fund; she requested one entry-level attorney dedicated to arraignments and detention hearings and said she applied for a $100,000 grant that could obviate the need for immediate county funding.
Public Defender Liz Pollock told the county board that her office, although fully staffed (25 of 25 positions), lacks resources for expert witnesses and has exhausted previously available ARPA funds. "We have had over the last 3 years through ARPA funding, a total of $85,000 in different increments that we've used to spend on experts.…
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