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Defense Attorneys React to Trial Cost Report

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That's the title of a report by Lubbock's KJTV-TV.  LINKA mitigation specialist who works with attorneys that represent capital murder defendants says the tab for the Rodriguez trial is actually pretty cheap. "I think the public should be aware of what this costs and there should be accountability on all parts.  The problem is that statewide, what was spent in Lubbock is relatively low," says Mitigation specialist Vince Gonzales. Published numbers vary, but Gonzales pegs the average cost of a capital murder trial in Texas at $350,000. "Lubbock got a bargain.  The problem is, sometimes you get what you pay for," says Gonzales. He's speaking on his view of Lubbock County capital murder trials in general and says: "Lubbock pays about one third of anywhere else in the state," says Gonzales...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).