Public Defenders-Pay Dispute

BOSTON, MA — JULY 07 - Peter O'Karma speaks to the judge as he explains he can't take on DaiShaun Lawrence, left, as his client because he has too many other ongoing cases inside the BMC central courtroom in Boston, on Monday, July 7, 2025.

BOSTON (AP) — Defendants are being released in Massachusetts in the wake of a prolonged dispute over pay for the state’s public defenders, and one of those set free was charged with a serious crime.

The first four defendants without legal representation were freed Monday by a Boston judge following a ruling last week by the state’s highest court to implement a process that requires releasing defendants without attorneys after a week. Among them was a man accused of strangling his pregnant girlfriend.

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