Posts tagged Sixth Amendment
Question 2 passes: Mass. public defenders get the right to form a union
November 4, 2026 // Tuesday night's victory is the latest chapter in the saga of lawyers who work to represent defendants will little financial wherewithal. In 2024, many of the state's bar advocates — private attorneys who pick up the slack when there aren't public defenders available — stopped taking on new cases to protest their own wages. At the time, advocates in Massachusetts were making between $65-85 an hour, the lowest rate in the New England states and a pittance compared to what other private attorneys earn.