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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 ...
Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...
As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?
Top Democrats announced a deal to increase the wages of private attorneys working the legal cases of people who are unable to ...
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Public safety at risk: MA cases dismissed over pay dispute
A local lawmaker is sounding the alarm as criminal cases are being dismissed across the commonwealth due to a pay dispute ...
Leaders on Beacon Hill also floated structural changes aimed at heading off future work stoppages like the one that has ...
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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 ...
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