The proposed agreement lays out a four-year plan for more oversight and data collection. But a Maine judge has said the deal needs to offer emergency relief to deprived defendants before she can approve it.
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Wayne Douglas must decide whether a lack of attorneys for criminal defendants who can't afford their own lawyer is a constitutional violation, or just a hinderance to their cases.
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Wayne Douglas must decide whether a lack of attorneys for criminal defendants who can't afford their own lawyer is a constitutional violation, or just a hinderance to their cases.