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Post by Logan on Feb 8, 2016 5:11:16 GMT -6
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has gained approval to temporarily hire lawyers to deal with a backlog of criminal appeal cases that have piled up since an Iowa Supreme Court rule change in 2012. Chief Deputy Attorney General Eric Tabor described the conditions in a Jan. 7 letter to the Iowa Executive Council that outlined plans to hire three outside lawyers on a temporary basis to reduce the load. The council, made up of statewide elected officials, on Jan. 19 approved Tabor’s request, which included a request by his office to use civil forfeiture money to cover the expense. “With current staffing it is increasingly challenging to handle the caseload in time frames required by the Iowa Supreme Court,” Tabor said in his letter to GeorgAnna Madsen, executive secretary for the Iowa Executive Council, which authorizes some state expenses involving litigation. Three attorneys have since signed contracts that allow them to work as independent contractors through the end of June. Read more: www.omaha.com/news/iowa/iowa-attorney-general-getting-help-for-backlog-of-criminal-appeal/article_c169e72b-aad9-5a1b-a484-2410e6a994db.html
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