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PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Maine high court hears 2nd appeal by man convicted of murdering sheriff’s deputy
An attorney for John D. Williams, who received a life sentence in 2019 for killing Somerset County Sheriff's Deputy Eugene Cole, argued Tuesday that Williams deserves a new trial because the jury never heard about disciplinary action taken against an arresting officer.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2022
Bureaucratic error: Driver in bad crash in Oxford County shouldn’t have had a license
Convicted last summer of vehicular manslaughter, Ethan Rioux-Poulios should have been barred from driving for a decade. But an error by the courts and the BMV allowed him to keep his license. On Friday, he critically injured a woman in a police chase that ended in a wreck.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
‘How much of this am I supposed to take?’: Low morale and pay are driving attorneys from indigent legal services
About 150 attorneys have stopped taking court appointments since December 2020.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2022
Defense attorney requests more time for Portland man charged in father’s death
Abdallah Salim Al Siraj, who is facing a murder charge, has not yet made his first appearance in court.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2022
ACLU of Maine sues state’s legal services system for poor defendants
The lawsuit on behalf of five incarcerated people says the system fails to meet the requirements of the U.S. Constitution.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2022
Judge steps back after serving Maine courts for 40 years
Judge Brock Hornby presided over his last proceeding in U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2022
Federal judge sides with psychologist in sex discrimination case against Acadia Hospital
Dr. Clare Mundell sued the Bangor hospital after discovering she was being paid about half the hourly wage of her male counterparts.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
Three months after referendum, NECEC battles for survival amid legal challenges
Opponents are trying to kill the NECEC project for good in 2022, with key legal battles pending over the next few months.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2022
Hydro-Quebec stops work on Canadian section of NECEC power line
The provincial utility said it hopes to resume work, and expressed confidence that NECEC would win its legal challenges.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Part-time Mainer ‘relieved’ that U.S. Supreme Court will hear college admissions cases
The court agrees to hear two lawsuits challenging the role of race in college admissions filed by a group whose leader lives in South Thomaston half of the year.
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