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More developments in the state's indigent defense funding crisis as reported in Saturday's Fort Mill Times, "Georgia's death penalty lawyers leaving amid budget crunch."The Georgia Capital Defenders Office was seen as a promising national model when it opened its doors in 2005. Funded by court fines and fees and staffed by well-trained lawyers and investigators, the office was supposed to improve what had been an uneven patchwork of death penalty representation across the state. But just three years after its launch, the office is reeling from funding cuts that have sent some of the office's experienced lawyers packing. Others are actively seeking new jobs. Support staff is bare bones. And outside lawyers to handle cases where the office has a potential conflict are becoming harder to find...continue to full post

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