Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
COVID-19 Status Report From Maine in Continuing Lockdown, 05/24/2020. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom May 24, 2020 Status report: Here in Maine, the partial lockdown continues. Flatten-the-curve and slow-the spread have morphed into, until we’re safe. The media are hyping … Read More
COVID-19 Facts you won’t get from Maine Media (Why Scare The Children?) Posted by Edmund R. Folsom May 13, 2020 (updated May 14, 2020) I’m back again, keeping it real with facts Maine’s media doesn’t tell you, citing stats from … Read More
Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. May 5, 2020 (updates May 8, 2020) On March 16, 2020, President Trump issued Coronavirus Guidelines for Amererica involving “social distancing,” hand washing and don’t touch your face recommendations. On March 29, 2020, the … Read More
Maine’s February 2020 Bar Exam Results Rebound. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom April 23, 2020 Maine’s February 2020 bar exam pass rate is 50%, a marked increase from Maine’s abysmal, worst in the nation, February 2019 bar pass rate of … Read More
Fake News In The Days of COVID-19. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom April 15, 2020. This isn’t a post about the law. It’s a post about an example of bad information, false information. And it’s an example that is all … Read More
Maine: Low Crime, Arrest Rate Higher Than TX, CA, NY, NJ, PA, MI & OH. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom March 6, 2020. A 7-year old Waterville girl was recently released from the hospital with a bullet still inside her, … Read More
From the Government, Keeping Secrets. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. February 9, 2020 Continuing on the topic of my most recent previous post, Richard Tanguay was informed late last week that the Cumberland County D.A. decided not to prosecute … Read More
Richard Tanguay Vindicated of Driving School Bus Under the Influence – No Alcohol, No Drugs. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom February 7, 2020 I never post about case results here, but my client Richard Tanguay would like it as widely … Read More
In Weddle, Maine’s Law Court Reverses Itself, Declares No PC Blood Draw Statute Unconstitutional. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. February 1, 2020 The Law Court Declares Section 2522 Unconstitutional. On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, Maine’s Law Court invalidated … Read More
DHHS Abuse of Parents Uncovered, In a Story Naming Names. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. January 26, 2020 Here, I’m doing my bit to spread the word about legal proceedings ordinarily shrouded in complete darkness. A story in … Read More
