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Public defender appoints Nixon to case, Nixon’s office challenges authority

In his latest response to Gov. Jay Nixon’s July announcement that he would cut $3.5 million in funding for the public defender’s office, Missouri State Public Defender Executive Director Michael Barrett sent a letter to the governor appointing him as counsel to a case. On Thursday, Nixon’s office questioned his authority to do so. Missouri Revised Statute ...

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