Indigent defense agency to lay off 8 employees, including 1 attorney


      January 15, 2010
      KFSM News
      By Associated Press


      NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System is laying off eight employees because of budget cuts.

      OIDS Executive Director Joe Robertson says the agency is facing $1.8 million in funding cuts and will lay off an attorney and seven support staff Friday.

      The agency provides defense attorneys for criminal defendants unable to pay a private attorney.

      Robertson says OIDS is also looking for a new home. The agency leases a building from the Department of Mental Health and Robertson says they've been given five months to relocate.



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