Ga.’s system to defend the poor still reeling (AP)

Mar 11th, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

FILE - In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, Brian Nichols sits with members of his defense team as the sentencing phase of his trial continues at the Atlanta Municipal Court Building in downtown Atlanta. Brian Nichols was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of a judge, court reporter, deputy and federal agent during the March 2005 rampage. But Georgia's legal system is dealing with the aftermath of his taxpayer-funded defense. .(AP Photo/Kimberly Smith, Pool, File)AP – Georgia’s public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.

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