criminal justice
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PublishedJuly 24, 2020
Governor denies clemency for Maine inmate seeking doctorate
Brandon Brown, serving a 17-year prison sentence for attempted murder, already is the first Maine inmate to receive an advanced degree.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2020
NAMI Maine: Increase community support for people with mental illness
Investments should ensure that social service professionals respond to people in need, and police are called upon to respond only to public safety issues.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Judge blocks restart of federal executions; administration will appeal
The U.S. district judge's order came hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana.
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PublishedJune 13, 2020
Maine Voices: Want to help remedy racial inequity in Maine? Here are places to start
There’s a lot to do, on initiatives from bail reform to closing Long Creek and from protecting migrant workers to supporting farmers of color.
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Maine Voices: In Maine’s bicentennial year, let’s cut through fog of racism
Criminal justice reform initiatives and our most important institutions can and must include Native people and people of color.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Commentary: Thanks to the Supreme Court, ‘10 Angry Men’ can no longer send you to prison
The court now has said that most of the significant protections of the Bill of Rights – the ones dealing with personal liberty – do apply to the states.
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PublishedApril 9, 2020
Commentary: Protecting Maine inmates from virus could expose abuse victims to harm
Each release plan must assess how the proposed bail modifications or furlough would affect the safety of a given abuse victim.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2020
Commentary: DA’s office adjusting to COVID court shutdown
Even though court business has been scaled back, there are no days off in criminal justice.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2020
Our View: Maine should lower the high cost of cash bail
Holding people in jail before trial is hurting both taxpayers and incarcerated individuals.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2020
Maine Legislature considers bill to expunge some convictions from public records
The measure would largely apply to nonviolent and low-level felonies and would exclude any crimes against a child or person over age 65.
