HAPPENING NOW: Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services (MCILS) Hearing in Augusta #6thAmendment #mepolitics
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"It is much more challenging to supervise private attorneys spread throughout the state as compared to public defenders housed in a few well-resourced offices." - Alison Beyea,
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"It is necessary to hire training staff who can provide meaningful training, auditors who can conduct oversight, and lawyers who can provide support to private lawyers who are handling difficult or unfamiliar issues." - Alison Beyea, @ACLUMaine #6thAmendment #mepolitics
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"Building a successful indigent defense system will require many things…What we hope it will not require is litigation." - Alison Beyea,
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"The way that Maine has structured its system leaves a lot of open questions...I don't believe a 'lawyer-of-the-day' meets the requirements of a lawyer as laid out in Strickland v. Washington.” - Jamesa Drake,
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"Immigrants are uniquely vulnerable in the legal system; they can face serious immigration law consequences if their lawyers do not know how to safeguard their rights." -
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"Immigrants are suffering under the current system, and MIRC is very concerned about Maine's inadequate criminal defense system." -
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"We should not be surprised at all by anything in the
@6thAMD report. It is the low hanging fruit of what is wrong with our system." - Rob Ruffner, Maine Indigent Defense Center#6thAmendment#mepoliticsShow this thread -
"We are absolutely failing to meet our Constitutional requirements in any meaningful way." - Rob Ruffner, Maine Indigent Defense Center
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"I really hope that we consider this as an emergency...When the state punishes people, it creates more victims in [the accused's] families." - Joseph Jackson, Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition
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"When you put it on the defendant to relay information [about poor counsel to MCILS], you're putting the burden on the most vulnerable person." - Maeghan Maloney, Kennebec County District Attorney
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"Families who are unable to afford an attorney are often those most vulnerable to the failings of the justice system, e.g. immigrants, people of color and LGBTQ individuals."- Kelsey Park,
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The complaint that defendants aren’t hearing from their assigned counsel within seven days of being assigned is “regular." - Elizabeth Simioni, Maine Pretrial Services
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