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An attorney for John D. Williams, who received a life sentence in 2019 for killing Somerset County Sheriff's Deputy Eugene Cole, argued Tuesday that Williams deserves a new trial because the jury never heard about disciplinary action taken against an arresting officer.
In his second appeal to Maine's highest court, John D. Williams argues that prosecutors withheld evidence about an arresting officer's disciplinary record.
In his second appeal to Maine's highest court, John D. Williams argues that prosecutors withheld evidence about an arresting officer's disciplinary record.
In his second appeal to Maine's highest court, John D. Williams argues that prosecutors withheld evidence about an arresting officer's disciplinary record.
Details of hidden misconduct raise doubts about discipline within Maine State Police An investigation into discipline cases concealed by the agency finds examples of inadequate punishments, some experts say. By Erin Rhoda, Matt Byrne and Callie Ferguson Photo illustration by Coralie Cross/Bangor Daily News This is the second of three stories jointly investigated and written by the Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News about how the Maine State Police conceals officer wrongdoing. The Pulitzer Center helped fund the project. One Maine State Police trooper hindered an investigation i...