Oklahoma indigent defense struggles amid cuts

 
BY JULIE BISBEE | Published: December 13, 2009   

Next month, Joe Robertson will be in a courtroom in McAlester representing a client in a mental competency hearing.

It will be the first time in recent memory that the executive director of the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System has represented a client in court. But as the agency tries to do more with less, it’s a necessity.

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Like other state agencies, the system has seen its budget cut as the state weathers an economic downturn. For the system, it means less money to hire private attorneys and a burgeoning...
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