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.
Source: centralmaine.com
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Study group weighs statewide solution to prevent recording of prisoners' phone calls with lawyers
Recommendations would go to the Legislature. It comes after months of reporting by The Maine Monitor.
Source: newscentermaine.com
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...
Source: penbaypilot.com
$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.
Source: newscentermaine.com
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.
Source: pressherald.com