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Critics of Harris County public defender remain in the shadows

The Houston Chronicle published a rather odd article on Sunday (April 20) regarding public defender systems titled "Public defender system has its critics," by Sara Viren - I say odd because, upon rereading it several times, I still can't tell who those critics are!For example, we're told that "critics of public defender systems call them bureaucratic catastrophes." Really? We have several in Texas. Which of those do these unnamed "critics" view that way? Everyone named in the article spoke positively about PD offices. The only named person identified as a "critic" was actually a critic of the current system who complained that many court-appointed attorneys didn't visit their clients.The article concludes that "many working the current system believe a public defender office ? unless adequately funded ? would make matters only worse...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 21, 2008 (boomark / email).