by Jordan Bailey | August 23, 2020
More than a decade after Foster Bates was convicted of the 1994 rape and murder of Tammy Dickson of South Portland, two new witnesses came forward with information that could exonerate him. One said another man confessed on the night of the murder, and the other that...
by Susan Cover | August 23, 2020
The fates of more than 50 bills aiming to change Maine’s criminal justice system are uncertain now that legislative leaders cannot agree on the timing or scope of a special session. As each side blames the other – Democrats say Republicans pushed them for weeks to...
by Samantha Hogan | July 9, 2020
Maine jails recorded at least 837 private phone calls between attorneys and inmates in the past 12 months, potentially violating state law in the process. Four county jails that detain defendants before trial inappropriately recorded confidential phone calls in a...
by Susan Cover | June 18, 2020
Maine’s public defense agency is still working to determine how many inmate phone calls with attorneys may have been improperly recorded and sent to prosecutors, with four known instances happening since 2015. The state is investigating the extent to which Maine...
by Samantha Hogan | May 7, 2020
The release of protected phone calls between a Maine attorney and his client housed at the Somerset County Jail have sparked concerns about inmates’ civil rights, and members of the state public defense commission say this could be the worst breach in attorney-client...
