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Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders.

BOSTON (AP) — Defendants are being released in Massachusetts in the wake of a prolonged dispute over pay for the state’s public defenders, and one of those set free was charged with a serious ...

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