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The state is falling short of its constitutional duty to ensure all poor defendants unable to hire a lawyer get an effective legal defense, according to an assessment the state Judicial Council requested of its work.Sarah Blodgett, the council’s...

The timing for a special session to appropriate $13 million for public defenders may not be ideal. That should not stop Gov. Mills from calling it.

Oregon's Public Defense Services Commission decided Thursday to select Jessica Kampfe as the new executive director of the Office of Public Defense Services. Kampfe currently runs Multnomah Defenders Inc., a public defense nonprofit in Portland. Kampfe will inherit a state agency that's currently left hundreds of people without constitutionally-required legal support.

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Gov. Janet Mills asks the agency in charge of providing legal defense to low-income Mainers if it has done enough to recruit attorneys to address an ongoing shortage.

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Faced with a dwindling roster of attorneys, the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services wants to increase the hourly rate from $80 to $150 for lawyers who agree to represent low-income Mainers.

Faced with a dwindling roster of attorneys, the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services wants to increase the hourly rate from $80 to $150 for lawyers who agree to represent low-income Mainers.

Faced with a dwindling roster of attorneys, the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services wants to increase the hourly rate from $80 to $150 for lawyers who agree to represent low-income Mainers.

SALEM — Oregon lawmakers are considering a major overhaul of the state’s beleaguered public defense system.