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| | Public defender changes sought |
 | | Michael Mitchell, the public defender in Baton Rouge, said such cases, in which the public pressures police to find a culprit, require special attention to the defense. |
 | | Baton Rouge public defenders handle about 4,500 felony cases, 6,000 lesser cases and about 1,000 juvenile crimes, Mitchell said. |
 | | For instance, a New Orleans lawyer was hired to defend the latest accused Baton Rouge serial killer, Sean Gillis, because local public defenders had represented two men who earlier were accused of committing the same murders. |
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