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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 2005
Page
7
South Carolina pays private counsel 40 an hour out of court and 60 in court to defend indigent clients, unchanged in 11 years. Tyre Lee of the Office of Indigent Defense notes federal defenders earn 90 with lighter caseloads, while SC relies on private attorneys for many conflicts and multi defendant cases.
Private lawyers say 40 dollar out-of-court and 60 dollar in-court rates do not cover costs as thousands of cases overwhelm public defenders. Lawmakers could fund the Office of Indigent Defense, but officials cite limited public support and reliance on free cases.
Prosecutor Greg Hembree expands a narcotics squad to cover Horry and Georgetown counties after Rock Hill's success. The plan, starting in February, removes jurisdiction borders and adds a drug treatment court to steer offenders toward treatment rather than prison. Georgetown Sheriff Lane Cribb endorses the approach.
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