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Harris County Indigent Defense Update

By Steve Hall

"Harris County sweetens public defender proposal," is the title of Chris Moran's report in today's Houston Chronicle.Seeking to strengthen its bid for state funding to open a public defender office, Harris County has changed its application to ask for less money and to propose public defenders in more courtrooms.If the state Task Force on Indigent Defense approves the county's request for $4.1 million on Aug. 25, the county will launch a hybrid system of a public defender and court-appointed attorneys in February. The county's indigent defendants currently are represented by court-appointed attorneys selected from a pool of private practitioners.Today, Commissioners Court will consider reducing the amount of grant money sought from $4...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 27, 2010 (boomark / email).