Justice for all unsolved Cold Cases in Maine: Please Pass & Fund Bill LD-1734

The Issue

There are 120 Cold Cases in Maine. That means a potential 120 murderers are walking free in Maine who could kill again. We need Maine safe, we need Justice for all those victims. In 1980 as a Freshman in High School our town was rocked by the murder of 16 year old Joyce Mclain. This forever changed our town and life as we knew it. Please sign this petition and send it to the Chair persons of the Judiciary Committee hearing this bill on 2/20/2014.

Bill LD-1734- The Attorney General in collaboration with the commissioner of Public Safety shall establish a cold case homicide unit. Description

The Attorney General in collaboration with the Commissioner of Public Safety shall establish a cold case homicide unit within the Department of the Attorney General to work exclusively on unsolved murders in the State. The unit must consist of personal from the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police and must include at a minimum one attorney from the Department of the Attorney General, 2 detectives from the Bureau of State Police and one employee of the bureau's crime laboratory. The Attorney General shall adopt rules for the operation of the unit. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in chapter 375, subchapter 2-A

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The Issue

There are 120 Cold Cases in Maine. That means a potential 120 murderers are walking free in Maine who could kill again. We need Maine safe, we need Justice for all those victims. In 1980 as a Freshman in High School our town was rocked by the murder of 16 year old Joyce Mclain. This forever changed our town and life as we knew it. Please sign this petition and send it to the Chair persons of the Judiciary Committee hearing this bill on 2/20/2014.

Bill LD-1734- The Attorney General in collaboration with the commissioner of Public Safety shall establish a cold case homicide unit. Description

The Attorney General in collaboration with the Commissioner of Public Safety shall establish a cold case homicide unit within the Department of the Attorney General to work exclusively on unsolved murders in the State. The unit must consist of personal from the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police and must include at a minimum one attorney from the Department of the Attorney General, 2 detectives from the Bureau of State Police and one employee of the bureau's crime laboratory. The Attorney General shall adopt rules for the operation of the unit. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in chapter 375, subchapter 2-A

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The Decision Makers

Former State Senate
2 Members
Dawn Hill
Former State Senate - Maine-1
Linda Valentino
Former State Senate - Maine-5
Former State House of Representatives
2 Members
Charles Priest
Former State House of Representatives - Maine-63
Margaret Rotundo
Former State House of Representatives - Maine-74
Michael Michaud
Former US House of Representatives - Maine-2
Angus S. King, Jr.
Former U.S. Senator
Paul LePage
Former Governor - Maine

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