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: StandDown Texas Project

The High Cost of Justice

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That's the title of an article in the Sunday Longview News-Journal.  It' subtitled, "Defense attorneys, jurors and more add up for area counties' court systems."  Here's an extended excerpt:Criminal trials, especially those in capital murder cases, are costly affairs. Gregg County District Attorney Carl Dorrough said capital murder trials are possibly the most expensive trials in the criminal justice system. The price tag comes from the length of the trial and other factors, such as expert witnesses, the amount of investigatory work and trial preparation. Gregg County has not had a capital murder trial since 2003, according to county records. However, Brett Michael Birdwell, 44, was indicted earlier this month on two charges of capital murder in the deaths of Bennie Neil Killingsworth and his wife, June Whatley Killingsworth...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 02, 2008 (boomark / email).

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