{"id":3730,"date":"2005-04-02T23:42:53","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T03:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/04\/02\/report-out-on-mass-indigent-d"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:50","slug":"report-out-on-mass-indigent-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/04\/02\/report-out-on-mass-indigent-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"report out on Mass. indigent defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The special commission created to find solutions to the “indigent defense crisis” <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in Massachusetts issued its Report yesterday (April 1, 2005).  The crisis was<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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sparked by statewide boycotts of assigned counsel, called “bar advocates,” over<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the low rates paid by the State (background <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>)  (Statewide News Service, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“<\/FONT>Commission recommends pay hike, decriminalization<\/FONT><\/A>;” also see <\/FONT><\/FONT>MassLive<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> and <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Boston Globe<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>,<\/FONT> April 2, 2005)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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