Maine is the only state in the country with no public defender system.

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Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents <[link removed]> Maine is the only state in the country with no public defender system. Instead, legal services for the poor are left to private attorneys, who face disproportionately high amounts of discipline, and an office that doesn’t supervise them. by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip

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