100+ criminal cases in Massachusetts dismissed
as defendants go without lawyers
Posted By: sunset, 7/22/2025 10:03:52 PM
More than 100 criminal cases at Boston Municipal Court have been dismissed as Massachusetts defendants go without lawyers in the wake of an attorney work stoppage. Virtually all bar advocates — private lawyers hired by the state to represent people who can't afford an attorney — are no longer accepting district court cases due to a pay dispute with the state. The Lavallee Protocol mandates that defendants who do not have attorneys within 45 days are to have the cases against them dismissed without prejudice. "The case dismissals today, with many more expected in coming days and weeks, present a clear and continuing threat to public safety ...
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More than 100 criminal cases at Boston Municipal Court have been dismissed as Massachusetts defendants go without lawyers in the wake of an attorney work stoppage.
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Massachusetts will not notify ICE of the illegal aliens that the state is releasing back into the country. That whole practice of releasing illegal aliens from lockup and back into the country should be a federal crime.