Acting public defender resigns after being snubbed

The search for Monroe County's next public defender has been clouded by complaints of politics and patronage.The acting Monroe County public defender submitted her resignation this week after a committee of political appointees tasked with selecting the next head of the agency informed her that she was not in contention for the job. Jill Paperno has been a fixture in the county Public Defender’s Office since 1987 and has been leading it since January in an interim capacity after her boss,