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Experts: Harris Co. Taking Risks With Lawyer Appointment System

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It's the kind of journalism that is becoming increasingly rare for newspapers and almost never seen on television.  Today, Houston's KHOU-TV has the above-styled report.  It's reported by Mark Greenblatt, and it's a must-read.  LINKJudges in Harris County gave attorney Jerome Godinich more than $250,000 of work in each of the county?s last two fiscal years, assigning him to work for defendants who can?t afford their own lawyer. The defendants were charged with anything from drug possessions to capital murder.  But some national experts say the way Harris County judges select attorneys to do this kind of defense work raises serious questions. ?I regard it among the most flawed system of a major metropolitan area in the country,? Indiana Law professor Norm Lefstein said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).