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Judge Draws Ire for Shelving Capital Trial

Six other states can't fund them; issue may be bigger than injection

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2007 7:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – Judge Hilton Fuller has drawn ire for shelving a Georgia death penalty case, but other states are hitting the same snag: low funds for capital court costs, the New York Times reports. Georgia can’t afford the $1.2 million to defend Brian Nichols, charged... Read full story »

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