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PublishedApril 12, 2024
Buckfield stabbing victim and suspect knew each other from prison, police say
The motive in the case remains unclear, according to court documents.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Maine wants to keep housing some criminal defendants with mental illness in prison
Maine State Prison is better equipped than psychiatric hospitals to help certain defendants who have been ruled incompetent to stand trial, the Department of Corrections and DHHS say.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
Sabattus man seeks new murder trial, presents DNA expert
Daniel Roberts is hoping a new method of analyzing DNA evidence will help him get a new trial in the 2005 slaying of his ex-girlfriend.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2023
64-year-old inmate convicted of murdering ex-wife dies at Maine State Prison
Gregory Warmke of Fairfield had been incarcerated since 2004.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2023
New law changes how prisoners in Maine are counted in the U.S. Census
Maine inmates will now be counted toward the population of their most recent address before they were taken into custody, ending what voting rights advocates call 'prison gerrymandering.'
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
For these Maine inmates, parole debate isn’t hypothetical
Some members of the Maine State Prison Debate team are at the heart of stalled legislative efforts to reinstate parole in Maine for the first time in more than 40 years. Many crime victims say the parole process is too traumatizing.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2023
Man who died in Route 1 crash remembered for prison advocacy work
Robert 'Paco' Payzant Jr., 55, spent several years as a volunteer hospice worker as a state inmate before joining the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2022
Presque Isle man dies at Maine State Prison
Robert Carney, 59, had about seven years left on a 20-year sentence, according to the Maine Department of Corrections.
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PublishedApril 6, 2022
Lewiston prison reform activist and artist to receive humanities prize
Joseph Jackson, who works with Lewiston-based Maine Inside Out, has been using art and theater to bring about change in Maine's criminal justice system.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2022
Man convicted of murdering West Gardiner teen dies in prison
Michael Boucher, 71, died Sunday morning at the Maine State Prison in Warren, according to the Maine Department of Corrections
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