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Arizona Counties Feel Capital Costs

By Steve Hall

"Increases in dependency, death penalty cases strain county justice department," is the headline in the Kingman Daily Miner. The economy is hitting the Mohave County Criminal Justice Services Department in an unusual way. The county courts have seen a 15-percent increase in child dependency, three new death penalty cases this year and a decrease in typical criminal cases, said Deputy County Manager of Criminal Justice Services Dana Hlavac. The department oversees the County Attorney's, Legal Defender's and Public Defender's offices. The increase in dependency and death penalty cases, because of that the department Monday to request an additional $700,000 from the Board of Supervisors. And: The cost of a death penalty case varies on the complexity of the case, Hlavac said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).