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More From Georgia - The Weis Case and Indigent Defense

By Steve Hall

"Light Him Up Before the Jury Goes Home," is the title of Jessica Dweck's report for Slate.  With a cert petition pending before the Supreme Court the case is getting national attention.In November 2007, Jamie Weis was scheduled to go on trial for his life when?at a prosecutor's behest?the judge kicked his lawyers off his case. They were experienced capital defenders who'd tried for more than a year to work on Weis' defense. But when the state stopped paying them, and they pointed out that they could no longer afford to adequately defend their client, they got the boot. The trial judge replaced them with lawyers who told the judge they lacked the training, time, and money to prevent Weis' execution. And when he finally got his original attorneys back and argued that his right to a speedy trial had been violated, the state blamed him for causing the delays and pressed on with prosecution...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).