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Maine Constitution Mandates “Prisoner Mailbox Rule”
by Mark Wilson
On July 24, 2018, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court held the state’s constitution requires adoption of a modified version of the “prisoner mailbox rule” when filing petitions for judicial review of prison disciplinary orders.
Maine prisoner Charles M. Martin was found guilty of a disciplinary infraction on ...
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- Former Guard Who Scalded Florida Prisoner to Death Hired, Fired by Police Department, by David Reutter
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- Maine Constitution Mandates “Prisoner Mailbox Rule”, by Mark Wilson
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