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PublishedJuly 16, 2023
Defendants in over 100 Maine cases had no legal representation late last week, state says
Maine's public defense agency puts out an urgent call for help after the loss of another public defender.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2023
New state legal defense director wants to bring young attorneys in to do ‘important work’
Jim Billings took over the reins of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services last month, joining the agency that is severely struggling to find enough attorneys to represent poor Mainers.
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PublishedMay 19, 2023
Pair indicted on kidnapping charges after woman allegedly held at gunpoint in Waterville
The two allegedly kidnapped a woman and ordered her to drive away from a Waterville hotel where they were interrupted while robbing another woman.
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PublishedApril 19, 2023
Windham man pleads not guilty to charges from fatal Turner crash
Curtis Randy Fogg, 34, faces manslaughter and five other charges from a grand jury indictment.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Study: Young adults are overrepresented in Maine’s criminal justice system
A report from the University of Southern Maine's Catherine E. Cutler Institute calls for expanding diversion and treatment-based criminal justice programs.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
South Portland mail carrier charged in dark web drug trafficking case
New York prosecutors say Katie Montgomery offered FireBunnyUSA advice as it shipped illegal drugs through the postal service.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Gov. Mills nominates York County judge for seat on state’s top court
Superior Court Justice Wayne R. Douglas of Old Orchard Beach previously served as former Gov. Angus King's chief legal adviser before becoming a judge in 2002.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
Former Brunswick councilor pleads not guilty to child porn charges
An attorney representing Christopher Watkinson claimed Wednesday that the former Brunswick town councilor had accidentally accessed three explicit images in June 2021 and intended to turn them over to authorities.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
Maine AG says new DNA tests insufficient to overturn 34-year-old murder case
Attorney General Aaron Frey says the results do not shake his confidence in the state's conviction of Dennis Dechaine in Sarah Cherry's 1988 killing.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2022
Jury finds Randolph man not guilty of sexually assaulting child
Nathaniel R. Dillon, 31, acquitted on all four counts of gross sexual assault for incidents alleged by a girl who was 10 and 11 years old at the time.
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