Federal Judicial Center: Funding Crisis Leaves Defense Lawyers Working Without Pay
July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Federal Judicial Center issued the following news:
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Funding Crisis Leaves Defense Lawyers Working Without Pay
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The program that pays court-appointed private attorneys to represent indigent federal criminal defendants has run out of money, starting the clock on a painful three-month delay in paying these attorneys and their related service providers for constitutionally mandated legal work.
The fund . . .
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Funding Crisis Leaves Defense Lawyers Working Without Pay
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The program that pays court-appointed private attorneys to represent indigent federal criminal defendants has run out of money, starting the clock on a painful three-month delay in paying these attorneys and their related service providers for constitutionally mandated legal work.
The fund . . .