The decision backs a Waldo County Superior Court ruling that Assistant Attorney Generals Leane Zainea and Donald Macomber should be allowed to continue prosecuting the case against Sharon and Julio Carrillo. Read More
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court wanted to know how prosecutors improperly handled out-of-state subpoenas, and whether their misstep damaged the chance of a fair trial for Sharon Carrillo. Read More
Attorneys representing Sharon Carrillo say the state’s actions put their client’s constitutional rights to a fair trial at risk. Read More
Problems within Child Protective Services predate the deaths of Marissa Kennedy and Kendall Chick, so is appropriate that solutions go beyond a focus on these two cases to address the much larger issues. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage said on Thursday he wants to steer Maine child welfare priorities away from family reunification and that he's willing to call legislators back to address a broken system after a legislative watchdog’s report on two recent child deaths. Read More
The report offers the most comprehensive study of Maine’s child welfare system to be publicly released since the deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy in February and 4-year-old Kendall Chick in December. Read More
A woman accused of beating to death her 10-year-old daughter in Stockton Springs in February gave birth to a baby boy. Read More
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Monday agreed unanimously to hear the appeal on an expedited basis. Read More
Justice Robert Murray issued the order late Thursday night. Read More
A superior court justice is weighing whether to kick prosecutors off the case of a mother and stepfather accused of brutally beating 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy to death in Stockton Springs. Read More
A husband and wife accused of beating a 10-year-old girl to death in Stockton Springs pleaded not guilty to depraved indifference murder Monday in a Belfast courtroom. Read More
The Stockton Springs husband and wife accused of beating 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy to death are expected to plead not guilty on Monday following their arraignment. Read More
“It is important that in our review, we are taking a holistic look at areas possibly in need of improvement,” said DHHS spokeswoman Emily Spencer. Read More
Superior Court Justice Robert Murray gave prosecutors 48 hours to hand over any records they had received or would receive as a result of two subpoenas, and said any records they hand over would be sealed by the court. Read More
Sharon Carrillo's lawyer says investigators didn't follow proper procedure when requesting evidence that included confidential information. Read More
Maine’s children in most danger have felt the effects of an administration intent on rolling back government assistance to serve an ideology. Read More
Stockton Springs resident Sharon Carrillo will be examined at Riverview Psychiatric Facility. She is scheduled to be arraigned April 2. Read More
The Department of Health and Human Services' “door is wide open and families are being served inconsistently,” the state’s associate director of child welfare services told a state advisory panel last June. Read More
