Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
Why Are So Few Lawyers Willing to Work for the MCILS? Posted by Ed Folsom, March 3, 2024. Judge Rejects Latest Proposed ACLU/MCILS Settlement. On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy rejected the second proposed settlement agreement … Read More
Update on Thought Police Here and Abroad. Posted by Ed Folsom, February 22, 2024. Are you aware of how much our government polices online speech, suppressing what it dislikes and boosting speech that furthers its narratives? The practice is pervasive. … Read More
Two Bottom Lines From Last Week’s Big Headlines on the Border and Biden. Posted by Ed Folsom, February 14, 2024. Two bottom lines from last week’s big headlines: (1) Under the border bill voted down last week in the … Read More
Some Small Progress on an Element of Truth in re Robert Card. Posted by Ed Folsom, February 2, 2024. Reports on law enforcement’s dealings with Robert Card in the months before his murder spree have consistently stated that Card committed … Read More
Trump say “Good,” me hate; Trump say “Bad,” me love. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 27, 2024. Andy McCarthy has written a good column about the deal that Senate Republicans are pushing to place limits on the number of people … Read More
Institutionalized Moral Confusion & the Sexualization of Children Posted by Ed Folsom, January 25, 2024. Helmut Kentler In this time of deep moral confusion, the bizarre story of Haitian orphanage founder and operator Paul Geilenfeld is back in … Read More
“Legally speaking, there is not a boy in that room.” Posted by Ed Folsom, January 15, 2024. The quote is from a news story in today’s Portland Press Herald (Maine). Maine School Administration District 11 (MSAD 11) serves the Gardiner, … Read More
Second of 3 Mainers Charged in Separate Terrorist Plots Pleads Guilty. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 12, 2024. This time last year, there were 3 people from Maine facing trial on terrorism charges arising from three independent schemes in three … Read More
Swatting: Another Sign of Free-Floating Societal Madness. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 3, 2024. This past week has been a big one for the “swatting” of public officials. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) reports that she was the … Read More
Michael Cohen’s Case Cites & Who Needs Shadowy Cabals When You’ve Got Apparatchiks? Posted by Ed Folsom, December 31, 2023. Disbarred attorney Michael Cohen is back in the news. His attorney recently submitted pleadings in federal court containing citations to … Read More
