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Murder in Maine law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of Maine. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2020, the state had one of the lowest murder rates in the country. [1]
Life (minimum of 30 years; 17 years if the crime committed before August 1, 1989) First Degree Murder if the murder was premeditated or involved rape, kidnapping, or terrorism, if the victim was a law enforcement or prison officer, or if the defendant has one or more previous convictions for a "heinous crime"
Ayla Reynolds is an American child from Waterville, Maine, who disappeared, aged 19 months, on December 16, 2011. [1] She was last seen at 8:00 p.m. that night in her bed by a family member, but was not there when her father checked the next morning. [2]
A teen has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old Maine girl who knew her suspected killer. Brooke McLaughlin, a 7th-grade student at Maranacook Community Middle School in ...
Apr. 19—Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories jointly investigated and written by the Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald about how the Maine State Police conceals ...
In 2000, Maine passed a law that eliminated time limits on civil child sexual assault lawsuits, ... 2000, the time limit for such cases was 12 years, and the clock started ticking after an accuser ...
By the letter of the law, if a 17-year-old willingly has sex with another 17-year-old, both have committed a crime, although it is only a misdemeanor. The punishment is varied, depending on the ages of the perpetrator and the victim, and there are more severe penalties if there is a wider gap between the age of the perpetrator and the age of ...
On July 6, 1988, twelve-year-old Sarah Cherry was abducted while babysitting at a home in a rural part of Bowdoin, Maine.A couple of items were left in the driveway of the house (the abduction scene) that linked Dennis Dechaine, a 31-year-old farmer, to the crime, such as an estimate with his name on it.