More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to a monthslong shortage of public defenders on strike over low wages.
The dismissals, in addition to a mass release of inmates facing trial, precipitate from a compounding crisis of overworked and underpaid defense attorneys, which is not just consuming Massachusetts.
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