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Feb 8, 2026
Sue Stodola: Finding hope, rebuilding troubled lives
Sue Stodola has worked at every stage of the criminal legal process, ranging from juveniles to criminal defendants in capital cases. As a volunteer, a probation officer, a capital mitigation […]
May 24, 2010
Death-penalty cases put county public defender’s office $8M over budget
A Maricopa County agency that contracts with private attorneys to represent indigent criminal defendants is going to end the fiscal year over budget by more than $8 million, or about 63 percent. County managers attribute the overspending to a glut of death-penalty cases and the high cost of defending them.
