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Capital Litigation Costs in Hill County

By Steve Hall

"Capital Murder Trials Bring New Expenses," is the title of a report in today's Hillsboro Reporter.  Hill County is located between Dallas and Waco on IH-35.For the fourth time since 2006, capital murder indictments have been handed up by a Hill County grand jury, this time two at a time.  Thirty-three-year-old James Christianson Jr. of Plano and 32-year-old Jennifer Alvarez of Amarillo are the latest capital murder suspects to be held in the Hill County Law Enforcement Center. Only time will tell what effect that could have on the county financially as County Judge Justin Lewis prepares to file his 2011 preliminary budget later this week. This time last year, the county was facing two capital murder trials with court-appointed lawyers as budget time approached...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 29, 2010 (boomark / email).