Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
It’s Not the Guns. Posted by Ed Folsom, April 15, 2024. On Saturday, a madman went on a stabbing spree in an Australian shopping mall, killing five women and a man before being shot dead by a police officer. Eight … Read More
Interim Report on Lewiston Shooting Pierces Sagadahoc S.O. Fog. Posted by Ed Folsom, March 26, 2024. Independent Commission Report Pierces the Sagadahoc S.O. Fog. A little over a week ago, on March 15, 2024, the Independent Commission to Investigate the … Read More
Maine’s Crime Rate & Criminal Cases Drop, Court Backlogs & MCILS Cases Rise. Posted by Ed Folsom, March 5, 2024. As criminal case filings declined, court backlogs grew. As discussed in my last post, Maine’s courts are experiencing a large … Read More
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
