Public defenders council set to lose jobs

Georgia’s public defender council will lay-off 16 attorneys and five staff members--it’s all in the effort to help deal with budget cuts. Employees of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council were told Friday the jobs would be cut June 30th. Those losing their jobs are from the Metro Conflict Office, which helps with multi-defendant cases. A nine-million dollar budget for that division only got 5.4 million from the state this year. Nearly 19-hundred defendants could be affected with no legal representation.