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Nearly 1,000 Maine criminal cases are waiting for lawyers
Nearly 1,000 cases across Maine do not have lawyers assigned. Low-income people — who are either in jail or out on bail — are stuck waiting for weeks or even months for an attorney and court dates,...
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Defense attorneys say indigent work remains a heavy lift despite pay increase
In Maine, hundreds of people charged with crimes are imprisoned for months without legal representation, because they can’t get a court-appointed lawyer. Much attention has been focused on the...
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Maine’s public defense commission adds flexibility to lawyer qualification...
Maine’s public defender commission this week added flexibility to the qualifications that attorneys must meet in order to take court-appointed cases, as the state sees a growing number of low-income...
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Maine’s supreme court asked large law firms for help with public defender...
In August 2023, Maine Supreme Court Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill wrote a letter to seven of the largest law firms in Maine, pleading for help. The state’s indigent defense crisis “is worsening,” she...
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How police found an illegal marijuana grow house next to a Maine day care
A picture taken by a camera on a pole of a 2008 Toyota Sienna at a house at 56 Pine St. in Mexico that was an illegal marijuana grow facility. Credit: Screenshot of federal court records A tracking...
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Versant Power wants to rat out suspected illegal marijuana grow houses in Maine
Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don’t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may give rise to a new snitch....
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Court says ACLU can name state in Maine indigent defense lawsuit
A court has ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine can name the state of Maine as a defendant in the ongoing legal battle over the state’s troubled indigent defense system. The ACLU...
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Public defender offices are opening across Maine. The next step: staffing them.
In a Bangor courtroom last week, Judge Meghan Szylvian ruled the state had violated the constitutional rights of a criminal defendant who had been in custody for nearly a month. The defendant...
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Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into...
To reach a suicide prevention hotline, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel...
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Mainers warned to watch out for scam artists peddling stolen vehicles
Mainers need to be wary of scam artists peddling stolen vehicles. That’s the message from the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles after its detectives recently cracked cases involving stolen vehicles. In...
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Car thieves in Maine are becoming more sophisticated
Car thieves are becoming more sophisticated in Maine as the state has seen a rise of “cloned” vehicle identification numbers over the past five years. Thieves will take the vehicle identification...
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Read Maine State Police’s review of its Lewiston shooting response
The Maine State Police on Friday released an after-action review of its response to the Lewiston mass shooting and subsequent manhunt. The review focused on the police agency’s tactical response,...
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Maine State Police outline problems with the massive Lewiston shooting response
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine State Police have acquired two K-9s to help with manhunts and identified various areas of improvement since the Lewiston mass shooting, according to an internal review the...
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Feds sue Maine for allegedly segregating children with disabilities
The U.S. government sued Maine on Monday for allegedly unnecessarily institutionalizing children with behavioral health disabilities, separating them from their families and segregating them from...
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Maine State Police seek help locating 17-year-old girl
The Maine State Police are seeking help locating 17-year-old Annabelle McClure. McClure left her home during the night of Sept. 7, and has not been seen by her family or law enforcement since, the...
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New study says bodycams on the rise for law enforcement agencies in Maine
Uptake of body-worn cameras is on the rise for law enforcement agencies in Maine, according to a recent study commissioned by the state attorney general. About 70 percent of law enforcement agencies...
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Maine contractor accused of poor and undone work is arrested
The Maine excavation contractor accused of taking money upfront for shoddy or undone work was arrested Wednesday on felony charges. It came the day after the Bangor Daily News published a story on...
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Maine’s highest court to decide who has access to beaches
The question of who has access to intertidal zones on Maine beaches will soon be decided by the state’s supreme court. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments about who can spend time on...
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Lewiston shooting victims plan to sue military over missed warning signs
LEWISTON, Maine — Family members of victims and survivors of the Lewiston shooting indicated Tuesday they plan to sue the U.S. Department of Defense, Army and a military hospital for failing to...
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Most Maine adults placed in guardianships don’t have lawyers
Lauren Wille, the legal director of Disability Rights Maine, has helped dozens of adults with developmental disabilities get out of guardianships — arrangements in which a guardian is appointed by the...
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