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  April 21, 2022
  

  Our View: Maine lawmakers missed chance to fix indigent legal aid

  While the state clings to its unique criminal defense setup, people are being denied their constitutional rights.

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  April 19, 2022

  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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  March 6, 2022
  

  ‘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.

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  March 3, 2022
  

  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.

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