Maine Gov. Mills Signs Legislation to Create Public Defenders Offices in Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis Counties
March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024
AUGUSTA, Maine, March 22 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024:
Governor Janet Mills today signed legislation to create new public defender positions across three Maine counties.
The legislation, LD 653 (https://legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/*Paper/653?legislature=131), formally renames the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services as the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services and creates 22 new positions, including . . .
Governor Janet Mills today signed legislation to create new public defender positions across three Maine counties.
The legislation, LD 653 (https://legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/*Paper/653?legislature=131), formally renames the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services as the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services and creates 22 new positions, including . . .