Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion January 13, 2023
In order to ensure fairness and justice in our criminal legal system, Maine needs a well-funded indigent defense system. Maine has yet to fulfill its constitutional obligation to provide and ensure effective representation for indigent criminal defendants. Simply put, Maine’s criminal legal system is not presently functioning in a way that guarantees the accused fairness or justice. The COVID-19 pandemic widened the fissures in Maine’s... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 11, 2023
An advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is urging Maine’s political leadership to boost spending on defense lawyers for the state’s indigent clients ahead of the release of a report on its overburdened public defense system this year. Gov. Janet Mills,... + más
Commentary: Bedrock constitutional principles trampled by Maine’s indigent defense crisis | Portland Press Herald
Director of indigent legal services in Maine resigning | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation February 28, 2023
More private attorneys have stepped up to represent indigent clients since Maine lawmakers voted this month to nearly double the hourly pay they will receive over the next four months. But advocates for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, the independent... + más
Portland Press Herald USA Nation February 22, 2023
The executive director of Maine’s Indigent legal defense program has announced he is leaving the agency by the end of June. In Tuesday’s email titled “Changing of the Guard,” Justin W. Andrus tells other lawyers working for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services... + más
Maine Voices: Increased state funding for indigent defense is a starting point | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation February 10, 2023
The legislature’s budget-writing committee voted unanimously Thursday evening to approve about $40 million in budget adjustments for the current fiscal year. The supplemental budget endorsed Thursday includes spending plans for the final piece of surplus revenue the state... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation January 25, 2023
Maine’s new lead public defender resigned less than two months after taking the job of representing poor Mainers in rural parts of the state. The surprise announcement Wednesday came as the number of private attorneys willing to take on these cases has plummeted in recent... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion January 21, 2023
Maine’s proposed 2023 state budget, as announced last week by Gov. Mills, includes additional funding to increase hourly rates and to represent indigent criminal defendants in Maine’s courts. This is good news and a good first step toward bringing our criminal justice system... + más
Maine’s new lead public defender resigns | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 24, 2022
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Maine’s system for indigent legal services is in crisis, without enough lawyers to cover cases, or money to attract more. People wait outside the Biddeford District Court to make their initial court appearances. Earlier this year,... + más
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