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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: County's mismanaged budget leads to dropped murder charges in cold case
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>>. . . 

>It's be interesting to see a complete accounting of the county's budget and
>see what else they're spending money on.

>L.A. County constantly pleads poverty when it comes to things like funding
>the cops and fire department and road maintenance, but then they spend
>literal billions-- with a 'b'-- on services and housing for vagrants
>and illegal aliens and 'transgender outreach' whatever the frak that is.

>I suspect this county is doing the same. Murderers go free while lunatic
>political agendas are fully funded. 

It's government, so it's reasonable to assume waste, fraud, and abuse.
But it's a rural county in Indiana that ain't filled with left-coast
liberals, so I'm not going to agree with your suspicion.

As I pointed out to Rhino, the prosecutor needed a larger budget, more
than doubled, to keep up with the ongoing case load. And given that
Indiana hasn't abolished cash bail, then defendents are sitting longer and
longer in jail pre-trial because the prosecutor has delayed their
trials. By underfunding all aspects of law enforcement, the county is
wasting and not saving money.

I'm going to guess that between the prosecutor and public defender, this
trial will cost a minimum of $3 million, which is a hell of a lot for a
small county. They need to bite the bullet and raise taxes.