Budget boost won’t cover lawyers at bail 

Posted: 6:00 pm Sun, January 22, 2012
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed $1.1 million boost to the public defender’s budget next fiscal year is welcome, but falls short of the money the agency will need to comply with the decision that it must represent indigent defendants at initial bail hearings, said Maryland Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe. “It’s a massive undertaking that we’re trying ...