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The public defender crisis isn't just a Massachusetts problem
From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The number of cases is rising while more attorneys are balking at what they say are low rates of pay to do the work.
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Massachusetts lawmakers pass bill that includes pay raise for public defenders amid legal crisis
Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a ...
So-called "bar advocates" — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting ...
As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?
Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...
BOSTON — A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts ...
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Charges dropped against more than 120 defendants in Massachusetts because they can't get attorney
More than 120 defendants in Massachusetts have had their charges — ranging from assault to drug possession — dropped after ...
BOSTON — Defendants are being released in Massachusetts in the wake of a prolonged dispute over pay for the state's public defenders, and one of those set free was charged with a serious crime.
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