Right. A lot of some of our judges across the state, when someone qualifies for a public defender and they can't find an attorney, The judge is appointing a county appointed attorney [when a public defender cannot be found]. And that has other ramifications. Even though the defendant is supposed to pay back the county on some serious cases, it's not meaningfully going to happen based on a prison sentence. (15:36–15:46)
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