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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 9, 2023

A group of Democratic U.S. senators is asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve increased funding for federal public defenders in fiscal year 2024. The group of 23 lawmakers say $1.52 billion is needed to avoid significant job cuts among the ranks of public defenders. Bills that have advanced through congressional committees so far call for providing and $1.38 billion or $1.41 billion. Read the group's letter or more about the issue from Reuters.