Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
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
More Maine OD Deaths 3/1/20-12/31/22 Than All Pandemic COVID Deaths Under Age 80. Posted by Ed Folsom February 6, 2023 According to the recently released Maine Monthly Overdose Report for December 2022, 716 people died from drug overdoses in Maine … Read More
Maine Drug Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 27, 2023, Updated March 2, 2023. The numbers for year 2022 Maine drug overdose deaths, through November, are in. They are not good. According to the Maine Drug … Read More
Martin Luther King Day — Beware False Prophets. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 16, 2023. It’s Martin Luther King Day, honoring the foremost spokesperson for nonviolent action during America’s Civil Rights Movement. As part of Martin Luther King Day celebrations, … Read More
A Rule of Law Thing. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 14, 2023. The Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee is trying to access child protective records from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Committee wants to conduct its … Read More
Three Maine Men Face Terrorism Charges: 2 jihadists,1 Antifa. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 8, 2022. Updated March 30, 2023. Three Maine men are currently facing terrorism charges in unrelated matters. Xavier Pelkey, age 19, of Waterville, and Trevor Bickford, … Read More
Maine Indigent Defense – Only 65 Lawyers Still Accepting Adult Criminal Appointments. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 5, 2023. As of December 28, 2022, only 65 lawyers were accepting new adult indigent criminal defense case assignments in Maine, the Maine … Read More
