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Former leader of Maine public defenders says job not what he expected

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation January 31, 2023

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Seth Levy outside the Cumberland County Courthouse on Monday. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Longtime indigent defense attorney Seth Levy said he resigned weeks after becoming the state’s first lead public defender because he wasn’t given the authority he was promised. “As soon as the job started, it was a totally different job,” Levy said. “I was told that I was not to be engaged in policy discussions, I wasn’t allowed to meet with... + full article



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