Advocates for poor criminal defendants in Maine say court clerks are appointing ineligible lawyers to handle cases in an attempt to meet the constitutional requirement that people accused of crimes get representation. The complaints follow a.
A judge sanctioned the Maine Office of the Attorney General, claiming it failed to properly disclose records that suggested a witness was not credible in the case of a Bath man who pled guilty to killing his mother.
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