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ST. MICHAELS — Regina Hartfield found a community to share her passion for being on the water through the Universal Sailing Club, the Baltimore-based organization that has sought to create

The justices aren't swayed by Marcus Asante's claim that he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Douglas Morin Jr. during a drug deal in 2016.

This is not the first time the court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first in Maine since 2004.

This is not the first time the court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first in Maine since 2004.

The state cites a lack of sufficient evidence to retry Bruce Akers, 64, who until recently had been incarcerated since his 2016 arrest in connection with the slaying of his neighbor, Douglas Flint.

Bruce Akers, 64, has been incarcerated since his 2016 arrest and had been sentenced to 38 years in prison.

The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Houlton Courthouse during the month of December.

AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts man who was convicted of a drug-related killing in a rare retrial of a murder case in Maine faces sentencing. Marcus Asante, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was initially sentenced to 35 years stemming from the shooting death of Douglas Morin Jr.