In most rural Texas counties they do not pay enough to have any worthwhile public defenders. The only ones there are newbies, or those who can not make it on their own. So most of the time they just tap different attorneys and say" Hey Dude, this is you month to be a defender" Does not matter if they have any experience in Criminal Law or not. Any since they only receive the pittance county pay, not there usual 5 to 6 figure retainers, they 1. Don't try 2. Scare their "clients" into pleading out. I don't attach any names of Leberal or Conservative to them, only "lazy" Carol In a message dated 7/30/2009 9:40:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time, murfamx4@xxxxxxx writes: ? I do not agree that Public Defenders don't care and don't try. If they didn't care they would be working in some corporate Law Office making 3 times the money.? These are Liberals that think they can make a difference but when they get in and are so over whelmed by the shear volume of cases they soon figure out they can't give due attention to any case. There job is to get the best Plea Bargain they can get and move on to the next one. **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to School (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223105306x1201716871/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D9) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================