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Massachusetts lawmakers pass bill that includes pay raise for public defenders amid legal crisis
Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort ...
In Massachusetts, a Work Stoppage Forces Judges to Dismiss Criminal Cases
Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...
Beacon Hill leaders propose pay raise for court-appointed lawyers in effort to end work stoppage
Leaders on Beacon Hill also floated structural changes aimed at heading off future work stoppages like the one that has ...
Charges dropped against more than 120 defendants in Massachusetts because they can't get attorney
More than 120 cases, including some for assault on family members and police, were dismissed Tuesday in Boston, the latest ...
Top Dems propose $20 raise over two years to resolve lawyer work stoppage
Top Democrats announced a deal to increase the wages of private attorneys working the legal cases of people who are unable to ...
Is it time for Massachusetts to hire more public defenders?
As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?