A New Public Defender System for Massachusetts?

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DATE : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:29:36 GMT
Entered in Database : 2011-03-25 16:29:36
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According to long-held constitutional precedent, criminal defendants are entitled to a lawyer -- and if they can't afford one, the state must pay. In Massachusetts, most of those court-appointed lawyers work in private practice, and bill the government for their time. Now, Governor Deval Patrick thinks it would cheaper to hire full-time public defenders instead. WFCR's Karen Brown reports.

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