Legislators on Thursday decided to hold off on making drastic changes to the state’s beleaguered indigent defense system and instead said they will hold a series of meetings throughout the year to study the issue.
The House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee was scheduled to take up legislation that proposed several drastic reorganizations of the delivery and management of indigent defense in Georgia, such as placing the council under the jurisdiction of the judicial branch and revamping the funding and management of conflict cases. But the committee’s chairman, Rep. Richard M. Golick, said House Speaker David E. Ralston decided it would be best to have more time to discuss how to address the system’s problems.
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