High-profile cases deplete county's public defender fund (AP) — Officials are blaming an increase in drug-related activity and crime spilling over from Indianapolis for draining a suburban county's $500,000 public defender fund. Forty percent of what is expended on felony cases is reimbursed by the state, with the reimbursed funding going to the county's general fund rather than the public defender budget.
High-profile Cases Deplete County's Public Defender Fund
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