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Local advocates tell commissioners Skagit needs more public defenders; calls to protect due process
Summary
Speakers during public comment urged the county to address what they described as a shortage of public defenders and broader due-process concerns; Rebecca Peck said the county needs 22 more public defenders and urged using new tax authority to fund hires.
Rebecca Peck (BOE) told commissioners that Skagit County needs more public defenders to reduce caseloads to legally required levels. "At the Skagit County level, we need 22 more public defenders to get the case loads down to what is now legally required," she said, adding that the county has 10 years to meet that requirement.
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