You can’t get justice on the cheap.
MA pays court-appointed lawyers lower wages than any New England state. So attorneys stopped taking cases. This is the result.
SJC rules Mass. must begin releasing unrepresented defendants from custody | WBUR News https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/07/03/sjc-order-release-unrepresented-criminal-defendants
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