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Georgia Legislative Session Ends

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"Public defender overhaul rejected," is the AP headline via the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.A proposal that would give lawmakers more control over the public defender system failed to pass the Legislature.The Senate already has voted to strip the public defender council of its authority, which would give politicians more control of the cash-strapped system.But state Rep. Rich Golick, the proposal's sponsor, pulled it Friday just as it was set to be considered.The measure is partly a response to the eye-popping costs of the trial of courthouse gunman Brian Nichols, whose state-funded defense topped $2 million and spared him from the death penalty. But it's also a backlash against the council's threats to sue the state for more funds...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 06, 2009 (boomark / email).