SPRINGFIELD — Beginning this week, public defender offices across Missouri will be able to refuse new clients as they try to deal with huge backlogs of cases.
Overloaded Mo. public defenders will begin refusing clients
Monday, September 29, 2008 | 1:08 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:47 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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