Maine sheriffs adopt changes to prevent individual jails from recording confidential calls, but no statewide solution emerges
10 facilities recorded jailed defendants’ calls to attorneys, an investigation finds.
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Study group to scrutinize jail, prison policies amid reports calls to lawyers were recorded
Strip searches and face-to-face meetings among the policies also being reviewed by new legislative committee.
Jury convicts Aroostook County man of 2019 double homicide in Castle Hill
Bobby Nightingale faces a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
Jail calls between murder suspect and his lawyer properly disclosed by prosecutors, judge rules
Bobby Nightingale's trial is scheduled to begin on August 15 in Caribou.
Defense lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because Maine State Police heard confidential calls
The lawyers for Bobby Nightingale and Jaquile Coleman seek to have the charges thrown out because of alleged attorney-client privilege violations.
LePage said lawyers should have made sure they weren’t being recorded by Maine jails
Fraternal Order of Police endorses Paul LePage's 2022 campaign for governor.
Lawyers outraged that sheriff’s office listened to recordings of confidential phone calls
Gov. Janet Mills said she will work with the attorney general and Legislature, but did not commit to a specific solution.