Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy has questioned whether Maine's public defense agency has done enough to ensure people ...

Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy wrapped up a three-day hearing in Augusta on ... those who have waited more than seven days for a lawyer, similar to what a judge recently ordered in Oregon. The ...

Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy wrapped up a three-day hearing ... similar to what a judge recently ordered in Oregon. The idea still concerns victims' rights advocates.

Maine has spent more than two years debating how to solve a public defense crisis that many say has been in the making for ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - A Maine Superior Court judge recently ruled the state ... In a judgment issued Friday, Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy said the lack of representation often came ...

Both parties were working on a settlement agreement for much of 2023. Then Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy refused to accept any of their offers. Why wouldn't the judge let them settle?

PORTLAND (WGME) -- A superior court judge has ruled that the state of Maine is failing to provide legal representation to criminal defendants who can't afford an attorney. Superior Court Justice ...

A Superior Court judge has ruled that the state of Maine is failing to ... In a partial judgment issued on Friday, Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy wrote that the Maine Commission on Public ...

The three-day trial over Maine's failure to provide adequate legal representation to low-income defendants concluded today in Kennebec County Superior Court. The ACLU of Maine said the state's failure ...