Iowa has no money to pay its court appointed attorneys now.

[Skidmore]

Budget stalemate here is impacting services in the state in surprising ways.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110330/NEWS10/103300362/0/SPORTS0812/?odyssey=nav|head

Appointed attorneys await their payments
11:13 PM, Mar. 29, 2011 |


http://www.gannettonline.com/external/scripts/momslikeme/?siteid=6171
Written by
JASON CLAYWORTH
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Marshalltown lawyer Jennifer Steffens says the Iowa Legislature's budget gridlock and resulting delayed payment for her work is forcing her to lay off a legal secretary today.

Steffens also has put her house up for sale a bit earlier than she had planned, partly because of her financial uncertainty.

Attorneys for indigent defendants say they're being held hostage by a budget dispute between House Republicans and Senate Democrats.

The standoff is also costing state taxpayers additional money in interest costs.....more

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Good.

We all know that when people are arrested, they're almost certainly guilty. Except for that O'Keefe kid - that was a Liberal overreaching.

[rurallib]

3. maybe the legislature should cut taxes for the rich and corporations?

that should do it.
here is a shout out to my rep, Jeff Kaufmann, #2 repub in the House. Great job Jeff, keep it up!

[Scuba]

4. Hey, the police wouldn't have arrested them if they weren't guilty....

...so what do they need defense lawyers for? Just more socialism.

[valerief]

5. What good are lawyers? They don't remember anything anyway.

Alberto Gonzales didn't.

:sarcasm: