1. the cost of indigent defense is going off the charts"). Even when actual funding increases become realistic, legislators usually discuss the step as necessary to avoid a "crisis;A Thomas;Assigned Counsel Compensation Plan in New York: A Growing Crisis,1997
2. Is There a Crisis?;AM. LAWYER Jan./Feb. 1993 at
3. Defense Services for the Poor, 10 SUM;See John;CRIM. JUST,1995