MIAMI – Miami-Dade State Attorney, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, was joined by several other South Florida state attorneys, public defenders, and community leaders asking for state lawmakers to increase budgets for paying assistant state attorneys and public defenders.
These factors are forcing seasoned attorneys to find different work just to support their families which leads to a lot of turnover in these offices.
“It really breaks my heart when I hear a victim come and say you know I’ve been with 7 lawyers on my case, it’s taken all these years,” State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said.
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