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$70/hour for death penalty cases [NYT]

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been ...
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half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k
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$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NY...
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$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get ...
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LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a d...
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Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anythin...
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It'd be a raise for me
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Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals
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Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875
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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:14 AM
Author: Lemon field community account

Alabama’s method of handling indigent defense has long been criticized as deeply flawed, particularly in death penalty cases. It underwent some changes in 2011, but judges still handpick defense lawyers, and they are paid only $70 an hour — less than half the federal pay rate for capital defenders and far too low to attract experienced death penalty lawyers, said Lisa Borden, who oversees pro bono programs at the Baker Donelson law firm in Birmingham. In 2011, former judges on the state’s highest courts told the United States Supreme Court that capital defendants in Alabama faced “a lack of qualified counsel at all stages.”

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/us/alabama-kharon-davis-speedy.html

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:48 AM
Author: brilliant crackhouse



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: titillating scarlet hell kitty cat

where do we apply

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:16 AM
Author: galvanic milky filthpig sweet tailpipe

Alabama got rid of the Last Meal b/c it was too nice

The state goes hard, probably thinks 70 dollars way too much

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:45 AM
Author: Gold histrionic hairy legs



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:17 AM
Author: Nubile depressive

half the pay rate? isn't that like $150k

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:20 AM
Author: Insanely creepy peach haunted graveyard site

140k for 2000 billable hours not included cut bills overhead expenses office and taxes

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:49 AM
Author: Indecent Nibblets

$70/hour at the most stressful trial work? Not even insurance defense lawyers would work for that

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:51 AM
Author: Emerald frum factory reset button

And you spend your life dealing with scumbags and visiting prisons.

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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:16 AM
Author: Disrespectful twinkling uncleanness casino

not even remotely close if you are talking about a 40 hour work week. your bills are screened. if you think you can bill for 100% of your time, you're either

a. an idiot; or

b. in biglaw

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:27 AM
Author: Frisky disgusting locus

$70 per hour in alabama should be easily $200 per hour in NYC. so how much does NY pay its death penalty attorneys?

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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:17 AM
Author: cerebral hairless international law enforcement agency center

$60 per hour is the panel rate in NY. LJL. And you cant get this work. Lawyers line up around the block to do it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249859)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:38 AM
Author: fluffy french chef theatre

LOL so $145,000 in alabama is too TTT to get guilty nigs a decent defense?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248664)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:41 AM
Author: brilliant crackhouse



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:02 AM
Author: brass swashbuckling step-uncle's house mad cow disease

Yeah, and of course the appellate attorney will call anything the trial attorney did malpractice.

Did your client testify? Well, that was malpractice because it allowed the state to bring in your client's 15 prior felonies.

Did your client not testify? Well, that was malpractice because you never let the jury hear their side of the story.

Don't really blame appellate counsel for throwing hail mary's, but it makes the jurisprudence lulzy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249737)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:48 AM
Author: Emerald frum factory reset button

I wouldn't get out of bed for $70/hour

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:49 AM
Author: Insanely creepy peach haunted graveyard site

It'd be a raise for me

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:50 AM
Author: titillating scarlet hell kitty cat

i never get out of bed

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:57 AM
Author: twinkling sickened knife dingle berry

yeah, you would.

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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:45 AM
Author: Poppy Geriatric Lodge Old Irish Cottage

real dollars, not abbo bux

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Date: September 20th, 2017 1:58 AM
Author: brilliant crackhouse



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:00 AM
Author: Emerald frum factory reset button

Looks like they left three or four zeroes off civil appeals

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248765)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:15 AM
Author: Disrespectful twinkling uncleanness casino

lol at flat fees.

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248817)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:19 AM
Author: racy principal's office



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:22 AM
Author: Indecent Nibblets

Lmao. Just do try a first degree felony for $1,875

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248832)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 2:27 AM
Author: Disrespectful twinkling uncleanness casino

bobby, i reviewed the evidence against you yesterday between 1:00 and 1:13.

my advice is that you accept the plea offer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34248840)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:03 AM
Author: brass swashbuckling step-uncle's house mad cow disease



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:10 AM
Author: Excitant walnut stead lettuce

yup



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:11 AM
Author: Excitant walnut stead lettuce

you guys know that Alabama isn't a real democratic form of govt right

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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:20 AM
Author: cerebral hairless international law enforcement agency center

Libtard paradises like NY generally pay even less because lawyers will do this shit for free.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3737250&forum_id=2#34249873)