Illustration by Jeremiah TeutschBexar County received a better than passing grade in a report issued by the the Texas Indigent Defense Commission this week. The committee’s report is a followup to its 2010 review of the County’s system for providing legal representation to defendants who can’t afford an attorney. The 2010 evaluation recommended improvements in several areas, including the length of time it took to assign attorneys to clients, attorney case loads, and transparency in the appointments system. In April of this year, the TIDC returned to evaluate court documents and conduct interviews and concluded that the County had addressed the shortcomings.
“They kicked butt is what they did,” TIDC Director Jim Bethke said. “They’ve addressed all of our issues.”
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