Category: Police and Courts
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Judge finds Maine public defender program isn’t meeting constitutional obligations
A Superior Court judge has ruled that Maine is failing to provide “continuous representation” to criminal defendants who can’t afford an attorney in violation of constitutional principles. Both the state and federal constitutions guarantee low-income defendants the right to a free attorney. But the number of so-called indigent clients lingering in Maine jails for weeks…
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A Limerick teen is missing
Madelyn “Ash” Fogg, 13, was last seen at 8 p.m. Saturday on Central Avenue in Limerick, according to Maine State Police.