A planned letter will ask lawmakers for special session to raise lawyer pay to $150 an hour amid record attorney shortage.
Crime & Justice
Maine prosecutors drop indictment amid allegations investigator ‘monitored’ attorney calls
Kennebec County memo shows investigator monitored calls a man made to his lawyer in April 2022.
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.
Half of Maine indigent cases are being defended by just 33 lawyers, analysis finds
Gubernatorial candidates Janet Mills and Paul LePage chart different paths to improve indigent defense.
Maine reaches ‘point of failure,’ seeks $62.1 million for indigent public defense
Lawmakers are asked to double state spending on poor, criminal defendants.
Maine in the middle of the pack on reporting crime stats to FBI
Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia had higher reporting rates than Maine of its law enforcement data to the FBI.
Jury convicts Aroostook County man of 2019 double homicide in Castle Hill
Bobby Nightingale faces a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
A man waited three years for a trial. His case may change how Maine looks at speedy trial rights
Justices invite amicus briefs on the “proper test” Maine should use to determine speedy trial violations.
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.
Like Maine, New Hampshire in ‘unprecedented crisis’ with number of cases pending without an attorney
Few Maine lawyers have offered to help tackle the backlog amid high caseloads and lower pay.
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