Fort Worth Weekly
A recent report highlights the strengths and shortcomings in our local criminal justice system.
By Edward Brown
Geoff Burkhart: âWe regularly get calls from people in Tarrant County, whether they be judges, commissioners, private attorneys, or state reps . who are interested in getting a public defenderâs office in Tarrant County.
Photo courtesy of Texas Indigent Defense Commission.
Tarrant County is the largest county by population in the United States without a public defenderâs office â the nonprofit or governmental groups that fund the legal defenses of indigent individuals through salaried public defenders (defense lawyers). One state expert on indigent defense said that may change in the next several years.