Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
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
Independent, Non-commissioned Examination of the Cunniff Report (in re the Sagadahoc S.O.’s response to Robert Card’s Sept. 2023 Terrorizing by Threat of Mass Shooting). Posted by Ed Folsom, December 20, 2023 (edited February 2, 2024 to correct the reference to … Read More
Does Counterman Make it Impossible to Prosecute Terrorizing Under Maine’s Current Statute? Posted by Ed Folsom, December 14, 2023. Warning: As the result of a U.S. Supreme Court case from this past June, something is happening in Maine right now … Read More
Canada’s Deadly Compassion. Posted by Ed Folsom, December 4, 2023. In 2022, 13,241 people received medical “assistance” in dying under Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law (MAiD). Many of them were euthanized by lethal injection. This represents a 31% increase … Read More
Maine Drug O.D. vs. COVID-19 Deaths To Date. Posted by Ed Folsom, November 28, 2023. As you might expect, Maine drug overdose deaths among people under age 60 versus those age 60 and older are a near mirror image of … Read More
