Providing an attorney for defendants who cannot afford to hire one themselves in criminal cases will cost Dawson County taxpayers about twice as much starting Oct. 1 than it did this past year.That’s the figure provided by District Judge Reed Filley about a new contract which was approved Tuesday afternoon by the Dawson County Commissioners Court.“I warned you at budget time that indigent defense was going to go up, and I didn’t lie,” Filley told the court as he presented the new contract.The increase is a result of one county pulling out of the contract and the need to hire ...