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

AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. Standing in front of a judge in Austin’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, attorney Matthew Shrum secured a ruling that spared his client from serious punishment on a…

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