Advocates complain defendants are being denied lawyers or assigned attorneys who aren’t up to the job.| The Maine Monitor
The underfunded system negatively affects attorneys and indigent defendants, according to Maine's civil rights advisory committee.| The Maine Monitor
Maine's indigent defendants wait longer for lawyers in an overburdened indigent defense system.| The Maine Monitor
Justice Michaela Murphy says proposed agreement in ACLU’s lawsuit would not be “judicially enforceable."| The Maine Monitor
Frustrated by a lack of progress, 'last resort' lawsuit alleges a state commission violates defendants' constitutional rights.| The Maine Monitor
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