I didn't hear about the "Dedication and Tours" of the new $36.4 million Penobscot Judicial Center until late morning of the day of the dedication. A new courthouse doesn't mean people get justice...just a comfortable place to get bad news. The center was reportedly built under Justice Warren Silver's guidance. Silver is the former attorney of famous fiction author from Bangor Maine, Stephen King. Unfortunately, judicial corruption is very real in Maine and other states.
Update on 12-08-25 I found a 2016 story at the ACLU which took Filler's case. Another story in 2019 at WMTW explains that Filler was convicted of assaulting his wife in 2009, but that it was later overturned and a settlement reached. The story tells how a nurse, Linda Gleason, coached Filler's wife to lie and a judgment was entered against her for about $2 million; and...
Last fall, Filler's federal lawsuit against more than a dozen other defendants was settled for $375,000.
Filler's lawyer says the case was the first time state prosecutors paid to settle a suit involving prosecuting misconduct.
