lukestein’s avatarlukestein’s Twitter Archive—№ 1,310

  1. “Mr. Talaska would have needed almost 10,000 hours, or five work-years, to handle the 194 felony cases he had on that April day alone, not to mention the dozens more he would be assigned that year.” nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/31/us/public-defender-case-loads.html
    1. …in reply to @lukestein
      “Counseling his new clients for the first time as they faced the… judge, Mr. Marro raised a manila folder for privacy as he whispered… details of what was happening, and what they should say. The lucky ones got five minutes of his time. Others might have gotten a minute.”