Stock Picture  Legislators in Maine will soon consider whether or not thousands of police disciplinary records will be hidden from the public.  Police unions have been seeking to narrowly define what discipline means when a document about upheld misconduct is requested under the state’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA). They want to limit it to punishment that has a financial consequence on a police officer - such as suspension without pay, rather than some form of admonition t

Capital Judicial Center, Augusta Maine’s own constitution was given new meaning and vigor by the state’s highest court in a decision that...

Judicia branch announces court closure to save costs.

James Billings A commission in charge of overseeing criminal defense for people accused of crimes who are too poor to pay for their own...

Stock photo A Maine police chief 'resigned' from his role before being decertified as a police officer for falsely swearing that...

Stock image A federal appeals court has resurrected a civil rights action against a former Maine judge. The case against Charles Budd of...

Janet Mills Governor Janet Mills has declared war on the one agency that can help Maine get out of its criminal defense crisis. In her...

Cases being heard this term at the U.S. Supreme Court once again fail to address Fourth Amendment claims for criminal defendants. The...

Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill Maine's top judge outlined ways the shortage of attorneys is being tackled - and that includes lowering...

Logs released by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the use of facial recognition show limited use by Maine law enforcement - the tech is...

Maine’s policing regulator has used a new law to discipline officers for more conduct with draft new standards of conduct and while...

Poor criminal defendants without an attorney in Maine has topped 600 for the first time. After the number of cases and unrepresented...

The number of unrepresented poor criminal defendants in Maine has now consistently passed 500 - yet another grim milestone in the crisis...

An analysis of the known background of many of Maine’s judges has revealed a significant proportion of former prosecutors and state...

The number of unrepresented poor criminal defendants in Maine has passed 300, and continues to grow. This blog has also reported that the...

Maine State Police said they would get an outside entity to review a secretive center that gathers intelligence on citizens. It didn’t...

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take a case involving the ability of a city to ban homeless encampments. This issue has...

The number of unrepresented poor criminal defendants in Maine has passed 200 while the number of available defense attorneys taking cases...

Three of Maine's busiest courts were closed today (January 4, 2023) for a time because of what was believed to be a bomb threat hoax....

The crisis of criminal defense in Maine continues with more than 180 poor defendants without a court-appointed attorney. The judicial...