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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Massachusetts defendants free due to shortage of court-appointed lawyers
Jeannie Shawl at 10:13 AM ET

In accordance with a recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling in Massachusetts (see this previous report on JURIST's Paper Chase), three men have become the first defendants freed because the courts have been unable to appoint lawyers for them. In its recent decision, the Court ruled that defendants' constitutional rights were being violated and that they must be released if they are held seven or more days without a lawyer. A Massachusetts judge will hold a hearing later this week to consider what to do with 14 additional defendants without lawyers. The Boston Herald has the full story.



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