Consumer Law
A Maine Lawsuit Over the Public Defender System Is Allowed to Proceed
A lawsuit over the system that provides attorneys to those who can’t afford them is being allowed to proceed.
The class-action lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine contends there’s a failure to train, supervise and adequately fund a system to ensure the constitutional right to effective counsel.
Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy late last week rejected the state’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
