nichols defense cost $2.9 million and rising

sickening. absolutely sickening report from ajc….It cost almost $3 million in public money — at least — to defend courthouse murderer Brian Nichols, according to records released Tuesday.The state picked up most of the cost, more than $2.3 million, while Fulton County paid lead defense attorney Henderson Hill almost $496,000 from January 2008 until Nichols was sentenced Dec. 13.more http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/murderer-nichols-97168.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab