The Task Force on Indigent Defense has released its "Blueprint for Creating a Public Defender Office in Texas," which outlines how counties can meet the requirements of the Fair Defense Act of 2001 -- a Texas law that requires timely appointment of counsel to indigent defendants -- and save money at the same time by setting up public defenders' offices. But there's one topic the blueprint can't address: navigating the political mine field that comes with the job as a chief PD.
July 07, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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On June 10, the Task Force on Indigent Defense was preparing to release a second edition of its “Blueprint for Creating a Public Defender Office in Texas” when it thought better of that idea.
The reason? That very day Brad Lollar, chief of the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office — the largest and oldest one in Texas — had turned in his resignation to the Dallas County Commissioners Court amidst controversy.
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