NHBA Indigent Defense Crisis Series: The Cautionary Tale of Oregon and Maine

By: Tom Jarvis

Outlets: NH Bar News

Published: May 20, 2025

Words: 2,407

Last Updated: 8 months, 1 week ago

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As New Hampshire continues to grapple with long-standing concerns in its indigent defense system, the final installment of the NHBA Indigent Defense Crisis series looks westward to Oregon – and, to a lesser extent, to Maine – for a stark reminder of what can happen when those concerns go unresolved.

Over the past five years, Oregon’s public defense system has deteriorated into a full-scale constitutional crisis, leaving thousands of criminal defendants without legal representation. Maine, …

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