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The public defender crisis isn't just a Massachusetts problem
From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The number of cases is rising while more attorneys are balking at what they say are low rates of pay to do the work.
Senate and House pass bill including pay raise for public defenders
A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate passed (S 2575), which would give attorneys taking on cases as a public defender for indigent people a $10 an hour pay raise with an additional $10 raise the following year.
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The current appropriations marks for the federal public defender program are more than $100 million short of what they need to be to keep the system functioning.
The $53.1 billion state budget that awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature appropriates $10 million to the state Supreme Court for county public defenders, the same as in the current budget.
The public defenders, advocates argued, would be ethical, and, like prosecutors, would owe a duty not only to their clients, but to the state.
The role of public defender “is meant to ensure that no defendant is denied their right to an attorney, which is provided under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution,” according to Justia.com.
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