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Ed Bryant: “Mr. Chairman, I might also say for noncapital cases, for people who are appointed in Federal court to represent people…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1996
Mr. Chairman, I might also say for noncapital cases, for people who are appointed in Federal court to represent people who go to jail for life sentences, it might not be capital cases, but who go to jail for 20 or 30 years of their life, are appointed at a fee schedule of $40 per hour out of court, $60 per hour in court, and $75 per hour in high expense areas. The judges have the right to increase those amounts, and they have not done so for 10 years. So those folks have the attorney to keep people out of jail for years. What we are talking about here is very appropriate for death penalty cases. Again, I urge adoption of this amendment.
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Ed Bryant
Tennessee
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Discussing fee schedules for attorneys in noncapital and capital cases during a committee meeting.

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