Here's the thing, @GovJanetMills : You can try to hide behind "crime rates are down, court filings are down" as a "reason" not to fund MCILS to ensure that people are hired who can do the financial accountability and quality oversight you say /1
wmtw.com/article/maine-… you recognize we need, but we know it's baloney.
MCILS attorneys continue to open cases at the same rate, the opioid crisis has increased child protective cases exponentially, electronic discovery has added to attorney time in each case, /2

Hey #lawtwitter & #appellatetwitter : I'm working on reviewing a case for a post-conviction client. Have any of you ever heard of a defense attorney stipulating the introduction of an AV's interview with cops, stipulating the introduction of witness statements, stipulating . . /1 the introduction of police reports--so that none of these people actually had to testify under oath or be cross-examined? I have never seen such a thing in my life.