BEARING THE COST OF PROSECUTION
These are the costs to Los Angeles County for prosecuting and defending defendants in two highly publicized cases--the McMartin Pre-school molestation case, in which counts against Raymond Buckey are pending, and the Night Stalker case against Richard Ramirez.
THE McMARTIN CASE
Court-appointed lawyers $1,596,408 District attorney 2,496,699 Municipal Court 594,321 Marshal 121,837 Public defender 174,188 Sheriff 1,689,618 Superior Court 112,956 Total $6,786,027
July, 1983, through August, 1987 THE RAMIREZ CASE
District attorney $286,955 Municipal Court 97,679 Marshal 31,060 Public defender 14,652 Sheriff 473,429 Superior Court 9,640 Total $913,415
August, 1985, through August, 1987
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