The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine has reached a settlement of its lawsuit over the state’s public defender system.
with the agency’s commitment to create rules governing the path forward and to press for more funding and additional public defender offices.
“There is no quick fix or single solution to the current and future challenges to Maine’s indigent criminal defense system. The proposed settlement provides meaningful short and long-term reforms in the State’s provision of indigent legal services,” the document said. Before the hiring of five public defenders last year and an additional 10 public defenders included in this year’s state budget, Maine was the only state without a public defender’s office for people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.
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