Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy is allowing the ACLU of Maine to move forward with its constitutional challenge to Maine’s indigent defense system.

Advocates say LD 1862 is one of the strongest Good Samaritan laws in the country.

The class action settlement also recognizes that incarcerated people have a constitutionally protected property interest in their prison accounts.

Recovery advocates and Governor Janet Mills have reached an agreement to expand Maine’s Good Samaritan law.

The Maine House has failed to advance a modest bill that would have promoted racial justice and civil liberties on Maine's roadways by decriminalizing minor traffic violations.

A new report by the ACLU of Maine and Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) details the enormous social and economic costs of criminalizing people who use drugs. The report's central recommendation is to decriminalize drugs.

The ACLU of Maine is suing the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services (MCILS) over its failure to provide constitutionally adequate legal representation to poor people accused of crimes in Maine. 

An investigation into reports of use of force at Long Creek this summer has confirmed that youth were subjected to chokeholds and prone restraints, in violation of the youth prison’s policy.

A federal district judge has suppressed evidence recovered during an illegal traffic stop in the case of United States v. Boyd, in which the ACLU of Maine filed an amicus brief.