[According to Moore, Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed strongly opposes the new program.] She wanted it to be squashed at the commissioners court level, ... I don't know what her rationale is, because we can show that this type of system - which is the national trend - will not only provide better representation for the defendant, but will be more cost-effective for the county as well. |
Chelsea is where I want to be. All my friends are here, from young single women who moved here from the Upper West Side they thought it was pretty desolate up there to gay men and even a young, married couple. |
I am making everything wheelchair accessible, ... I have a shower that you can roll a wheelchair into. |
I believe in physical therapists now, ... They told me it would take longer for the muscle to heal than the bone. |
I didn't remember anything, ... She told me all about the accident. I cut my hand trying to get out of the window. |
I had bones coming out of my legs, ... Bones were sticking out. |
I learned to find the bright side, ... I knew I was in a wheelchair, but I was happy I was there. I had two legs, and they were going to get better. |
I went back to work after a month, ... Dr. Womack got me a computer and hooked me up to wireless Internet. My mother's dining room became my office. |
I wore sarongs the whole time I was there because the scars are so bad, |
If I lived on the Upper West Side, I'd be stuck in Siberia, |
If they ever need anything I will be there, |
Mom kept saying she was so happy I was here, |
My mother is a natural care giver, ... When she would do something for me, I would thank her, and she would say, 'I'm so happy you are here.' |
Senate Bill 7 brought about some really good changes, where you were only appointed to cases for which you were qualified. But then what we saw was that an abundance of appeals were going to the same one or two people that the judges liked for some reason, or whatever, and some defendants were falling through the cracks. Cost-effectiveness was an issue, but my big concern was that due process be provided for these defendants. |
She came and stayed with me until the ambulance got there, ... I knew her because my sister and I had taken some pictures of her. |