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More on Massachusetts plan to move to PDs v. appointed counsel

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Lawyers Oppose Mass. Gov’s Budget Proposal to Replace Contract Lawyers with Full-Time PDs by Stephanie Francis Ward on ABAJournal.com: Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick suggested in his 2012 budget proposal that the state eliminate 3,000 contract attorney positions from its indigent legal defense program in an effort to save $48 million. The contract attorneys in the Committee for Public Counsel Services would be replaced with 1,000 public defenders, according to the MetroWest Daily News. . . . Anthony Benedetti, chief counsel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, says that eliminating contract lawyers might cost Massachusetts money, instead of saving it. He told the MetroWest Daily News that annually his office pays 3,000 contract lawyers about $51,195 each per year...continue to full post

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