What you need to know about the lawsuit over Maine's public defense system
Maine has spent more than two years debating how to solve a public defense crisis that many say has been in the making for ...
ACLU asks court to consider releasing people from jail until state can provide counsel
After a superior court judge found Maine guilty of failing to provide counsel to those who can’t afford it, the American ...
Maine public defense agency urges state to fully fund its work
The latest request for more funding comes as the state is trying to resolve a lawsuit over its struggles to find enough ...
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The Free-Speech War Inside the ACLU
For years, Barfield had been resisting what he describes as mission drift: a retreat by the nation’s premier free-speech ...