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Lawsuit Against Maine Judge Resurrected By Federal Appeals Court
Stock image A federal appeals court has resurrected a civil rights action against a former Maine judge. The case against Charles Budd of...

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Apr 4


Governor Declares War On Agency In Public Defense Crisis
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...

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Dec 24, 2024


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

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Dec 24, 2024


Chief Justice Outlines Court Plan For Attorney Shortage - Lower The Bar
Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill Maine's top judge outlined ways the shortage of attorneys is being tackled - and that includes lowering...

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Dec 24, 2024


Facial Recognition Being Used in Maine Mostly By Outside Agencies
Logs released by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the use of facial recognition show limited use by Maine law enforcement - the tech is...

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Oct 17, 2024


Proposed Guidelines Prohibit Police Lying - Except To Suspects
Maine’s policing regulator has used a new law to discipline officers for more conduct with draft new standards of conduct and while...

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Aug 23, 2024


Poor Defendants With No Lawyer Tops 600 And Rising
Poor criminal defendants without an attorney in Maine has topped 600 for the first time. After the number of cases and unrepresented...

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Apr 18, 2024


UPDATE: New Grim Milestone Hit - 500+ Poor Defendants Have No Lawyer
The number of unrepresented poor criminal defendants in Maine has now consistently passed 500 - yet another grim milestone in the crisis...

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Feb 28, 2024


Judges In Maine - State Pasts, Mostly Men, Mostly From One Law School
An analysis of the known background of many of Maine’s judges has revealed a significant proportion of former prosecutors and state...

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Feb 5, 2024


UPDATE: Poor Defendants With No Attorney Now Hits 300 in Maine
The number of unrepresented poor criminal defendants in Maine has passed 300, and continues to grow. This blog has also reported that the...

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Jan 18, 2024


Promised Review Of MSP Fusion Center Did Not Happen
Maine State Police said they would get an outside entity to review a secretive center that gathers intelligence on citizens. It didn’t...

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Jan 17, 2024


U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case About Homeless Encampments
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take a case involving the ability of a city to ban homeless encampments. This issue has...

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Jan 16, 2024


Crisis Of Defense For Poor Grows - Lawyerless Clients Up, Rosters Fall
The number of unrepresented poor criminal defendants in Maine has passed 200 while the number of available defense attorneys taking cases...

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Jan 4, 2024


Bomb Hoax Closes Courts
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....

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Jan 4, 2024


Maine Court Crisis Leaves Nearly 200 With No Lawyer
The crisis of criminal defense in Maine continues with more than 180 poor defendants without a court-appointed attorney. The judicial...

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Nov 30, 2023


Traffic Stop Monitoring Rules Finally Released - To Start A Year Late
Proposed rules on how Maine police departments will monitor the demographics of motorists involved in traffic stops have now been...

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Aug 30, 2023


Traffic Stop Monitoring Rules STILL Not Ready - AG Relying On Law Change
Rules on how Maine police departments will monitor the demographics of motorists they stop are still unfinished nearly six months after a...

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May 24, 2023


Criminal Defense Commission's New Executive Director Starts Role
A commission in charge of overseeing criminal defense for people accused of crimes but too poor to pay for their own attorney has a new...

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May 22, 2023


Criminal Defense Commission Getting New Director
A commission in charge of overseeing criminal defense for people accused of crimes but too poor to pay for their own attorney is getting...

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Apr 24, 2023


UPDATE: Rules For Maine Cops To Monitor Traffic Stops Not Ready - Despite New Law
Rules on how Maine police departments will monitor the demographics of motorists they stop have still to be finalized - in spite of a...

Wraight.Law
Mar 3, 2023
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