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Maine's indigent defense crisis deepens

Advocates for poor criminal defendants in Maine say court clerks are appointing ineligible lawyers to handle cases in an attempt to meet the constitutional requirement that people accused of crimes get representation. The complaints follow a.

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Maine's indigent defense crisis deepens

When a class action lawsuit was filed in March 2022 by the ACLU, Maine was the only state that did not employ public defenders.

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Maine's indigent defense crisis deepens

Advocates complain defendants in Maine are being denied lawyers or assigned attorneys who aren’t up to the job.

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ACLU, Maine officials reach deal on lawyers for poor

The ACLU of Maine sued the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services in March 2022, saying it was failing to provide effective legal representation to poor Mainers.

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Indigent defense commissioners seek emergency funding to raise lawyer pay amid defense lawyer shortage

Maine’s shortage of lawyers accepting new cases is at a “crisis” stage and could collapse the statewide public defense system before spring if state lawmakers don’t make an emergency intervention, officials warned on Wednesday. Commissioners who.

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$13.3 million in emergency funding urged for public defenders

Commissioners who oversee Maine’s public defense system unanimously endorsed a request for an additional $13.3 million to raise the hourly compensation rate.

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Controversial York County judge recommended to another term

The Judiciary Committee spent more than 4 hours in a hearing Wednesday afternoon regarding the reappointment of York County District Judge Jeffrey Moskowitz.

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