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With recreational marijuana now legal in Maine, Maine’s government must ask about what to do to those who were convicted of crimes associated with marijuana possession in the past. This year, there is pending legislation that, if passed, would allow either expunging (removing) records of past marijuana convictions, or allow

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The year 2019 brings a political change in Maine, and potentially in criminal law. With a former prosecutor in the Blaine House, and a politically unified leadership in the Executive and Legislative branches, criminal law may begin to fundamentally change. While the counties, through district attorneys, are the primary law

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Title 29-A of the Maine Revised Statutes lists several driving related crimes with a list of minimum criminal consequences if you are convicted. Some of these consequences include a court ordered license suspension. For example, the minimum license suspension on a conviction for Operating Under the Influence is one hundred

Understanding Bail in Criminal Cases in Maine

When people face criminal charges, especially more serious charges, they will likely find themselves needing to address something called “bail”. Bail is a judicial tool used to make sure that certain rules will be followed while a criminal case is pending. This is so everyone who is facing criminal charges

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A theft charge may seem like a straightforward accusation, but there are some forms of theft that are not so obvious. While some cases involve taking things from stores or stealing cars, there are some actions that could be considered theft that the average person would not consider as theft.

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