Q: Good morning. Do you do or bono work for someone accused of a sex crime?
My husband has been accused of rape. We believe he’s innocent but we can’t afford a lawyer so he has a public defender that hasn’t been there to see him once. We really need your help if you can.
A:
Well, I have reached my pro bono limit for 2019 and 2020. However, I would suggest you just email your public defender so you can have some communication.
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A: Our Public Defenders carry heavy case loads and they may not have the time to get out to prison to visit your husband or give you the kind of customer service that you would expect from a private lawyer but most of them are really highly qualified in criminal law as that is all they do day in and day out. I would suggest you try have your husband work on his relationship with his Public Defender and see how that goes. I also have exceeded my pro bono capacity for this year but generally would be open to accepting any kind of case regardless of the accusation for my pro bono matters.
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