The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that although the state’s “chronically underfunded” public defender system has contributed to a seven-year wait in bringing to trial a man accused of a double murder, the delay doesn’t warrant dismissal of the charges on speedy trial grounds.
The unanimous decision in the death penalty case was punctuated by a warning from Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein about threats to the justice system posed by recession-induced funding shortages. She urged other branches of state government to find a solution.
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