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More News of the West Texas Regional PD Office

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Today's Lubbock Avalanche-Journal carries the editorial, "Regional public defender's office has worked well."THE CONCEPT OF establishing a regional public defender's office for capital murder cases was centered around providing good legal representation to defendants while protecting counties from excessive legal fees for representation of indigent clients. It was a promising idea on the part of attorney Philip Wischkaemper and David Slayton, director of court administration for Lubbock County, that has lived up to its promise. Slightly more than a year after veteran attorney Jack Stoffregen was hired to head the office, the West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases is operating smoothly and exceeding expectations...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).