Indigent Defense Should Move From Judges' Budget ; Having Judges Control Defense Costs, but Not Prosecutors', Creates a Conflict of Interest.
Portland Press Herald › March 18, 2009
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It's a poorly kept secret that Maine's indigent defense system is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
People who face jail time or are at risk of losing their parental rights are guaranteed free legal counsel if they don't have the means to pay for it.See the full content of this document
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Indigent Defense Should Move From Judges' Budget ; Having Judges Control Defense Costs, but Not Prosecutors', Creates a Conflict of Interest.
But Maine's system for assigning lawyers to cases and paying their fees contains a built-in conflict ...
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