Public defenders work 3 times too many cases, milestone study and new data show. EMILY HAMER, LEE ENTERPRISES' PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM TEAM Sep 12, 2023 Sep 12, 2023; 0; 8 min to ...

On a Friday in April 2013, King County District Court Judge Victoria Seitz had 66 cases on her docket. “We have too many cases and not enough court time, and so forth, to deal with them,” she ...