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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lawmakers to take up prisoner rights bills, overdose legal protections
During work sessions this week, lawmakers on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will discuss an array of bills, including one to ban solitary confinement and another to expand Good Samaritan Law protections.
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Brandon Brown is grateful for path that led him from prison to redemption
The 35-year-old Gilead resident is the first inmate in Maine to earn a master’s degree in restorative justice.