A veteran judge has been confirmed as the first person of color to sit on Maine’s highest court. Governor Janet Mills had nominated judge...

A Maine case about what a defendant must be asked about giving up certain trial rights has been denied a chance to be heard by the United...

South Portland Police Department’s new permanent police chief is scheduled to start work in his new role today (February 1, 2022). Daniel...

A national legal nonprofit has given Maine a failing grade for the ability of its citizens to sue police officers for breaching civil...

A backlog in the most serious criminal cases is fast approaching double pre-pandemic levels across Maine – and even the number of minor...

A fierce advocate for bringing affordable legal services to Maine’s poor, has died of cancer. Nan Heald, who was highlighted in 2011 as a...

The legislative session is over and laws affecting defendants and victims either took effect earlier this year or take effect today.

Maine’s new Chief Justice has said she plans to tackle under-funding of the state’s courts, which she describes as the “poor step child”...

The number of criminal cases in Maine waiting to be resolved has ballooned to half as many additional cases as were being dealt with...

Courts in Maine are rolling back the number of in-person hearings for criminal cases at a rapid clip because of the uptick in COVID 19...

Police in Maine will face additional restrictions, oversight and accountability, according to new laws that mostly come into effect next...

Fewer criminal defense attorneys are willing to take cases against clients unable to afford a lawyer while the number of criminal cases...

The head of a Maine agency that oversees constitutionally-mandated defense for poor people accused of crimes has been offered the role on...

The United States Supreme Court has decided NOT to decide a Fourth Amendment case over whether a driver’s loud music, horn honking, and...

New rules released on how courts are to operate as the judicial branch struggles to deal with the case backlog

Justice Stanfill replaces Leigh Saufley who resigned to become dean of Maine's only law school.

A potential budget squeeze threatens potential improvements planned for the commission that oversees criminal defense for the poor in...

No officer was suspended, given a written reprimand, or forced to undergo training.

The sausage-making got ugly as lawmakers could not agree on a public defender's office for Kennebec county.

The number of defense attorneys helping indigent criminal defendants has fallen while pending case numbers are up 50%.