Georgia can't afford to defend capital murder case

posted Sep 9, 2009 4:47 PM by James Clark   [ updated Nov 22, 2009 6:57 PM ]
Khan Dinh Phan sits in jail accused of a capital crime, but the state is unable to pay for his defense. This article by Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution illustrates the dire funding crisis affecting the Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council and limiting the Council's ability to provide quality legal defense for everyone accused of a crime:

http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/state-can-121607.html