The Georgia Public Defender Council will have to furlough public defenders across the state for 10 days between now and next June to meet Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget-cut requests, according to state budget documents. 

In addition, the council—which provides lawyers to indigent criminal defendants across the state—has proposed the elimination of its capital defender office in fiscal year 2021 to save an additional $4.3 million in state funds. That proposal is dependent on  passage of a state law abolishing the death penalty.