Democrats’ response this week to President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze all federal grants and loans already approved by ...

The most common criminal charge filed against a defendant in Maine courts may not even be for a crime. If someone out on bail ...

When the Maine Legislature decided in 2021 to allow anyone to file a lawsuit over child sexual abuse regardless of how long ago it occurred, advocates said the state was ahead of the curve. Maine had ...

There is an ongoing legal and budget battle over the rights of people charged with crimes in Maine who can't afford a lawyer.

The highest court in Maine ruled Tuesday against a law that retroactively removed the statute of limitations for civil child sexual abuse lawsuits, concluding a tense chapter in a yearslong legal ...

Maine had already removed the time limit on all future claims 20 years earlier. But last week, Maine's highest court deemed the transformational 2021 law unconstitutional. Elizabeth Ward Saxl, who ...

The Maine Supreme Court ruling upholding the statute of limitations fails to give appropriate weight to the difficulty of disclosure. After 37 years of working with victims of child sexual abuse ...

But last week, Maine’s highest court deemed the transformational 2021 law unconstitutional. Elizabeth Ward Saxl, who directs the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said the ruling was a shock.