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Author Archives: Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor

Posted inNews

Maine courts may take until 2028 to touch backlog of cases

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor March 24, 2023March 27, 2023

Even with the anticipated hiring of four new judges it will be years before the courts start to address the backlog of cases, officials say.

Posted inPolitics

Maine lawmakers urged to pay for indigent defense by federal civil rights committee

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor March 10, 2023March 10, 2023
Proposed legislation seeks to protect defendant rights to attorney-client privilege in jails.
Posted inPolitics

Maine lawmakers consider making jail phone calls to lawyers free

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
Justin Andrus told lead on an interim basis of the MCILS in January 2021, a job that wasn't supposed to last more than 120 days.
Posted inNews

Executive director of Maine’s public defense agency will resign

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor February 22, 2023February 22, 2023
The director of indigent legal services cautions that five public defenders are not enough to solve the systemic problems.
Posted inPolitics

Maine still faces lawyer shortage even with new public defenders

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
Jail recordings of attorney-client phone calls and defense lawyer shortages are among the top concerns for Maine's courts.
Posted inNews

Maine’s courts confronted multiple crises in 2022

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor January 2, 2023January 2, 2023
Rep. Jeff Evangelos alleges in letter that Maine's attorney general has blocked reforms as court system collapses.
Posted inPolitics

Midcoast lawmaker asks feds to investigate Maine criminal justice system

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor December 6, 2022December 6, 2022
Valerie Stanfill on Wednesday implored the state's lawyers to take on indigent defense cases.
Posted inPolitics

Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill warns Maine’s justice system is ‘failing’

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor November 10, 2022November 10, 2022
Posted inPolitics

Maine group recommends phone numbers be collected to prevent recording attorneys

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor November 2, 2022November 2, 2022
Officials sent pleas to defense lawyers after half of Maine's counties couldn't find qualified representation for poor defendants.
Posted inNews

Maine courts face ‘disturbing’ shortage of lawyers for poor Mainers

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor October 31, 2022October 31, 2022
Janet Mills wants to attract new lawyers and grow participation. Paul LePage would rather transition to county public defense system.
Posted inPolitics

Janet Mills and Paul LePage chart different paths for Maine public defense

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor October 24, 2022October 25, 2022
Posted inPolitics

Study group recommends stricter policies about access to prisoner phone calls

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor October 19, 2022October 19, 2022
Posted inPolitics

Brewer lawyer suspended but can keep working

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
Posted inPolitics

Attorney general and ACLU agree to settlement talks over indigent legal services

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor October 8, 2022October 9, 2022
A study group is proposing a statewide database of defense attorney phone numbers to prevent jails from recording their calls with clients.
Posted inPolitics

Group weighs statewide solution to keep jails from recording attorney calls

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
Posted inNews

Half of Maine indigent cases are being defended by just 33 lawyers, analysis finds

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor September 5, 2022September 5, 2022
Posted inPolitics

Commission asks for $62M for indigent legal system on ‘point of failure’

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor August 23, 2022August 23, 2022
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear an appeal with big implications for the right to a speedy trial in the state.
Posted inNews

A man’s 3-year wait may change how Maine looks at speedy trial rights

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor August 15, 2022August 15, 2022
Few Maine lawyers are stepping up to help New Hampshire deal with a backlog of cases.
Posted inNews

Like Maine, NH faces ‘unprecedented’ shortage of lawyers to defend poor clients

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor August 8, 2022August 8, 2022
Lawyers for Bobby Nightingale want his murder indictment thrown out after learning state police detectives listened to confidential calls.
Posted inNews

Lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because state police heard confidential calls

Avatar photo by Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

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