U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

A Maine advisory committee is compiling public feedback on the state's court-appointed public defense system and will submit recommendations to the US Commission on Civil Rights.

A state advisory group to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is holding a public briefing in Lewiston today about the criminalization of people with…

LEWISTON, Maine - Leading players in the criminal justice system offered very different views Thursday on whether minorities in Maine face tougher…