November 26, 2005

ND: how many cents per mile?

And I was complaining when my client was housed 30 miles away:

Some public defenders have to put on the miles to see clients

The public defender for a LaMoure County man accused of murder says it's difficult to work on the case when his client is 150 miles away.

Steve Allen Thomas, of Marion... is jailed in Jamestown; his lawyer, Don Krassin, is in Wahpeton.

"I got assigned a very difficult case," Krassin said. "This makes it even more difficult."


(on the map, the client is the dot under the last letter "A" and the lawyer is the lowest dot in the right-hand corner)

Then of course there's Alaska.

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