Georgia to Establish State Capital Defender Office

Georgia has enact­ed leg­is­la­tion to under­take the defense of indi­gent per­sons charged with cap­i­tal felonies for which the death penal­ty is being sought in any court in the state. The Office of the Multi-County Public Defender will become the Georgia Capital Defender Office in January 2005. The office is now seek­ing to fill key staff posi­tions. ​“See Job Description” (Jan. 15, 2004); see also DPIC’s report ​“With Justice for Few: The Growing Crisis in Death Penalty Representation.”