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pIndigent defense may be one loser in the Nichols case.#0160; Georgia#39;s indigent defense system had been widely praised until the Nichols trial undermined its funding./ppquot;a href=http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_350230512.htmlJudge orders lawyers, officials to meet/a,quot; is the report in the Tifton Gazette, written by Angie Thompson. /pdiv style=margin-left: 40px;spanspanspanAn order filed in the clerk?s office Monday by Tift Superior Court Judge Gary C. McCorvey instructs seven people, including the director of the Georgia Indigent Defense Standards Council, to be in court here on Dec. 22. /span/span/spanbr /spanspanspan/span/span/spanspanspanspanp class=specialstorytextThe attorneys for Stacey Sims, a co-defendant charged with murder in the killing of six Hispanic men in 2005, filed a motion Friday to remove themselves from the case because they claimed they were unable to prepare his defense because the Capitol Defender Project ?fails to pay counsel fees and fees for investigators, consultants and expert witnesses...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).