The plight of a Brunswick man kept behind bars while awaiting treatment points to bigger issues.
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Chinese billionaire Liu won’t face rape charge
The founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com was arrested on Aug. 31 in Minneapolis.
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Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn faces new allegation
Prosecutors allege that Ghosn manipulated a contract in 2008 to transfer a private investment loss worth more than $16 million to the company.
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Teenager accused of threatening Rockland high school is arrested in Portland
Isiah B. Perry was held in the Knox County Jail on a charge of misdemeanor terrorizing after he allegedly threatened Oceanside High School and a 14-year-old Thomaston girl.
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State official won’t be held in contempt for keeping mentally ill man in jail
A judge says such incidents are cause for concern but the man at the center of the legal filing is now getting mental health treatment.
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Our View: To stop abuse, we need to raise better men
A spate of news stories reminds us that we don’t hear about most acts of violence.
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York man pleads guilty to posing as police chief, college employee in emails
Austin Santoro faces up to 5 years in prison for transmitting threatening interstate communications and 20 years for identity theft for sending phony emails that contained lewd images and threats of violence.
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Attorney files motion for contempt against Maine DHHS commissioner
Sarah Branch says her mentally ill client’s ordeal of having to spend nearly a month in jail before receiving court-ordered treatment is an example of a larger problem.
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Another View: Who has the right to Nazi-looted art?
The legal quest by a Holocaust survivor’s descendants to reclaim a stolen painting shows there’s nothing simple about restitution – but there’s no excuse for forgoing it.
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Cybill Shepherd says ex-CBS chief executive pulled her show after she rejected his advances
The actress tells a radio host that Les Moonves canceled the sitcom shortly after the exchange.