Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
Asylum Seekers Arriving In Portland at Astronomical Pop-Based Rate. Posted by Ed Folsom, May 23, 2023 The magnificence of nonchalant understatement in the following passage in today’s Portland Press Herald about blew me away: “More than a quarter-million people filed … Read More
Disparate Impact: Ironclad Proof of Systemic Misandry? Posted by Ed Folsom, April 25, 2023. Have you noticed the never-ending search in the public discourse for disparate outcomes as automatic, ironclad proof of systemic injustice at work? For instance, fairly early … Read More
To Forgive is Divine. To Forget Would be Abject Stupidity. Posted by Ed Folsom, April 23, 2023. On December 22, 2022, a series of news headlines all told us essentially the same thing: U.S. life expectancy dropped again in 2021 … Read More
Who, Whom? January 6 and the undifferentiated breadth of Sarbanes-Oxley. Posted by Ed Folsom, April 14, 2023. In 2002, the U.S. Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley bill. The bill was intended to improve auditing practices and the public disclosure of financial … Read More
Update on Three Maine Men Charged with Terrorism. Posted by Ed Folsom, April 8, 2023 On Friday, April 7, 2023, Xavier Pelkey, of Waterville, one of three Maine men currently facing terrorism charges for plots or actions outside Maine, pleaded … Read More
Outrageous! But it could never happen in this country, could it? Posted by Ed Folsom, March 31, 2023. A Russian father, Alexei Moskalyov, was convicted and sentenced to 2 years in prison on Tuesday for his social media postings criticizing … Read More
Proposed Maine Law Bases Hearsay Admissibility on the Group You Belong to, or Don’t. Posted by Ed Folsom, March 22, 2023 Lots of proposed legislation gets presented to the Maine legislature each year. A former colleague from the criminal defense … Read More
“Ramping up the messaging – the fear/guilt factor vital.” Posted by Ed Folsom, March 5, 2023. Leaked WhatsApp messages between former U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock and others, discussing fear as a primary tool to achieve compliance with government COVID-19 … Read More
Posted by Ed Folsom, March 2, 2023. Maine CDC Disappears Certain of its COVID-19 Data. Well, they made it disappear. The Maine CDC has stopped posting the age breakdown of COVID-19 cases and deaths throughout the pandemic, as well as … Read More
Should Maine reestablish parole to correct racial disparities in incarceration rates? Posted by Ed Folsom, February 28, 2022. The Commission to Examine Reestablishing Parole and its December 2022 Report. In December of 2022, a commission formed by the Maine Legislature, … Read More