Missouri's Top Public Defender Sends Fiery Letter To Governor, Assigns Him A Case

Missouri’s head public defender is fed up with the governor’s failure to fund the state’s public defender system. Unable to hire the attorneys he needs, he’s assigned a case to the man he says both created the problem, and is in the position to fix it: Missouri governor Jay Nixon.

In an open letter to Governor Nixon, Michael Barrett laid out his case. Seven years ago, he says, the governor vetoed a bill that would have relieved pressure on the state’s overburdened public defender system, promising help would come and acknowledging that the system was overburdened....
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/08/04/3804962/missouri-nixon-public-defense/