As election neared, millions poured into Maine
In the last 13 days before Election Day, state campaign finance records show millions of dollars coming in, millions going out – much of it for the heated race for governor.
The ‘gatekeepers’: Ten wealthy Mainers giving $3.95 million to this election
The top 10 individual Maine donors to state and national political campaigns represent just .001 percent of Maine’s adult population of about one million. But that minuscule percentage represents 27.3 percent of all donations to candidates, parties and causes from contributors with a Maine address.
‘We’re not getting anywhere’: A judge’s day enforcing victim restitution orders
On Aug. 20, three offenders who owe victims restitution came before District Court Judge Gregory Campbell in his Bangor courtroom. Their cases illustrate common issues the courts have in enforcing restitution agreements.
Chief judge: Restitution “system is imperfect and we know it”
Our investigation found Maine's system for compensating victims of non-violent crimes is overburdened, uncoordinated and promises what it can’t deliver.
Crime victims have little help getting their due from the system
In Maine, crime victims are nearly alone in navigating a confusing and understaffed restitution system.
‘Fundamental reality’: State’s system for helping crime victims a failure
District attorneys from across the state are as frustrated as crime victims with the fundamental reality of the restitution system in Maine: it's broken.
Veterans’ group victimized by $50,000 fraud — and then by justice system
Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson said two thirds of the 1,181 restitution cases in her county are in default.