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Missouri governor defends record on public defender budget

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday defended his budget record for the state's public defender system after the office's director appointed him to a case in protest of recent funding restrictions. Missouri State Public Defender Director Michael Barrett in a letter last week slammed Nixon for cutting funding for what Barrett described as an "indigent" defense ...

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