ABOUT THIS SERIES
An investigation by The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found that more than a quarter of Maine attorneys disciplined in the past decade for serious professional misconduct were hired as lawyers for the poor. Sex crimes and felony convictions were among the most severe infractions overlooked in the only state without public defenders. Defendants paid the price.
FEATURED STORY:
A low bar for public defense
All Stories:
Judges, sheriffs ask Maine Supreme Court to dismiss petition filed by woman held in jail without a lawyer
Commission endorses statewide public defender network for Maine
Maine’s indigent defense crisis deepens
Civil rights board seeks Department of Justice investigation of Maine indigent defense services
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