While the state clings to its unique criminal defense setup, people are being denied their constitutional rights.
Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
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Pleas for help for legal services for low-income Mainers appear to be gaining little traction in the Legislature
None of the legislative proposals introduced this year to improve the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services made it into a supplemental budget passed by the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee last week.
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‘How much of this am I supposed to take?’: Low morale and pay are driving attorneys from indigent legal services
About 150 attorneys have stopped taking court appointments since December 2020.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t wait to fix Maine’s indigent defense
A lawsuit alleges what many observers of our system for hiring lawyers for the poor have found: The system is broken.