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David Montgomery | Pennsylvania Capital-Star

With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price in Pennsylvania

David Montgomery | Pennsylvania Capital-Star

In Pa., a study found in a typical year, the state's 850 public defenders are assigned cases that would require 1,200 lawyers to provide adequate representation.