The only district attorney to represent Maine’s Hancock and Washington counties since the system was created 35 years ago is planning to retire. Sixty-six-year-old Michael Povich of Ellsworth … held the post since Jan. 1, 1975, when Maine replaced the old county attorney system with district attorneys. Povich tells the Bangor Daily News one of the big differences in the criminal justice system is how domestic violence and sexual assault cases are prosecuted. He says such cases used to be dismissed more often because of reluctance by victims to testify, or they ended up with fines and no jail time.
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