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No Major Legislative Change to Georgia Indigent Defense This Year

By Steve Hall

"Public defender shakeup delayed," is the AP report from Friday's Augusta Chronicle. Georgia lawmakers have backed off plans to transfer parts of the state's public defender system back to county control, instead giving attorneys the rest of the year to rein in costs that have long frustrated legislators.State Rep. Rich Golick, who chairs a key House committee, said Friday the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and other legal groups will spend the rest of the year trying to "strike a proper balance" to control costs. But he said if they are unable to reach a consensus, lawmakers could be forced to step in during next year's legislative session."Doing nothing is not an option. The way things are going on currently is not sustainable for the future...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).