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LaSalle County public defender outlines stipend plan and warns of statewide shift
Summary
Public defender Ryan Amer told the Law and Justice Committee that a state grant intended for public defender purposes has funded stipends, technology and staff; he said responsibility is shifting to a statewide public defender system beginning July 1, creating uncertainty about local funding and staffing.
Ryan Amer, public defender, told the LaSalle County Law and Justice Committee on Feb. 24 that the office will use an ongoing state grant to pay stipends, technology upgrades and dues for staff while the program remains funded outside the county budget.
"The grant money is ... specifically for public defenders and public defender purposes," Amer said, describing three years of award distributions to counties. He said LaSalle County received about $109,000 in the first year, roughly the same in the second year and about $102,000 this year and that the office has been conservative in…
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