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Majority of speakers at hearing support public defender office for Douglas County; others point to problems it might not solve
About 15 people spoke in favor of a centralized public defender office for Douglas County, and a few others — including the county’s top prosecutor — spoke against it or expressed uncertainty during a hearing Sunday afternoon.