What we’re monitoring: Gun Safety
A law passed last year made assault in an emergency room a felony. Did it help curb violence?
Prior to the new law, health care workers filed 167 intentional injury lost time claims in the first seven months of 2023; 114 were filed in the first four months after the law took effect.
Across Maine, judges are deciding when the lack of an attorney becomes a constitutional violation
The Monitor has identified 10 cases in Androscoggin and Aroostook counties where judges have found Sixth Amendment violations, and there are likely more.
Six months in, Maine’s first public defenders’ office talks strategy
“I think we are fighting a cultural battle here.”
“Maine has lost sight of parents’ and children’s right to be together”: The case of Barni A.
A state supreme court case found a mother’s parental rights were unfairly terminated, providing a rare glimpse inside the opaque child welfare system.
‘No courthouse in our neighborhood’: Plans for new Hancock County facility draw outcry
Ellsworth residents criticize the site on Surry Road, raising concerns about the amount of usable land and effect on local traffic.
Number of criminal defense cases awaiting lawyers surpasses 800 as suit moves forward
A lawsuit alleging the state is denying criminal defendants’ constitutional rights continues toward a trial, per recent Supreme Court order.
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