Maine
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First Circuit to Police: Are You Stupid or Malicious?
Mar 3, 2017(Comments: 2)March 3, 2017 (Fault Lines)– The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated the dismissal of a case that poses the question: can a police department that does everything in its power to get you murdered... -
Linc Sample and Your Hierarchy of Causes
Sep 14, 2016(Comments: 0)September 14, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Although one homemade “Black Rifles Matter” sign probably wouldn’t get a second look in much of the country, it’s stirred up some controversy in Maine: A Maine town’s tourism sector has... -
From Bad to Worse— LePage Incentivizes Bad Behavior In Maine
Jan 21, 2016(Comments: 0)Jan. 21, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Maine is looking at reforming indigent defense: A proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to create a state public defenders office to represent criminal defendants who can’t afford a lawyer will...