Public defender's office closing delayed

The state’s public defender’s council will delay the closing of a metro Atlanta office by one month--the end of July instead of end of June. Georgia’s Public Defender Standards Council voted to hire back some of the lawyers it had planned to cut. Also approved was the placement of seven attorneys set to be laid-off into other Fulton County offices. The office has been slated for closing to help address a cut in state funding for this year.