by Samantha Hogan | June 18, 2021
A multi-million dollar deal to overhaul Maine’s troubled criminal public defense system passed the state House and Senate on Thursday in rebuke of Gov. Janet Mills, who has resisted adding money to a system that government and press reports say is failing poor...
by Samantha Hogan | June 6, 2021
Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. The Maine Monitor is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Since opening his law practice on Lisbon Street in downtown...
by Samantha Hogan | May 23, 2021
A lawyer working on behalf of the state continued to represent low-income defendants after being arrested for impaired driving this month. Suzanne Dwyer-Jones was arrested by the York Police Department for driving while intoxicated after failing a sobriety test...
by Samantha Hogan | April 25, 2021
Two lawyers nominated to oversee the legal defense for low-income Mainers are among the attorneys who broke state rules and were not eligible for some cases they were appointed to work on, a review of state records shows. Meegan Burbank of Jefferson and Matthew Morgan...
by Samantha Hogan | April 25, 2021
A budget that will guide the next two years of spending in Maine passed the Legislature late last month without expanded funding for legal services for low-income Mainers. The decision opens the door further to litigation if lawmakers cannot resolve a decade of...
