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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 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 ...
Leaders on Beacon Hill also floated structural changes aimed at heading off future work stoppages like the one that has ...
BOSTON — A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts ...
Top Democrats announced a deal to increase the wages of private attorneys working the legal cases of people who are unable to ...
As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?
The House and Senate will vote on the take-it-or-leave-it proposal on Thursday after some dissatisfied attorneys quickly ...
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