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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- Apr 18
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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- Feb 28
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 5
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...
Wraight.Law
- Jan 18
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 17
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...
Wraight.Law
- Jan 16
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...
Wraight.Law
- Jan 4
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...
Wraight.Law
- Jan 4
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....
Wraight.Law
- Nov 30, 2023
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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- Aug 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...
Wraight.Law
- May 24, 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...
Wraight.Law
- May 22, 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...
Wraight.Law
- Apr 24, 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...
Wraight.Law
- Mar 3, 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
- Feb 21, 2023
Head Of Criminal Defense Commission Announces Plans to Leave Post
The head of Maine's agency that oversees criminal defense for the poor in the state has announced his plans to leave the job. Justin...
Wraight.Law
- Feb 15, 2023
Platitudes And Lack Of Concrete Plans Mark Governor’s Budget Speech
Governor Janet Mills offered only platitudes and a BandAid solution to the crisis facing criminal defense for the poor in her budget...
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- Feb 9, 2023
Commission Says Parole Should Return In Maine
A commission has recommended that parole should be re-established in Maine. Maine was one of the first states in the nation to abolish...
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- Feb 2, 2023
History Being Made As York County Superior Court Readies Closure
History will be made on Friday April 14 when York County Superior Court in Alfred closes its doors as a courthouse for the last time. The...
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- Feb 2, 2023
Respected York County Judge Nominated To Maine High Court
Respected York County judge Wayne Douglas has been nominated to Maine's highest court - just as the county merges all district courts and...
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