Retired Maine Supreme Court Justice discusses Leein Hinkley case [Video]

Retired Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Donald Alexander joined Total Maine Sunday to discuss the fallout from a police shooting and fire in Auburn that resulted in the death of the suspect, Leein Hinkley, as well as another man.”I’ve been there, done that on high-visibility cases where you release someone based on your best estimate of what you know at the time, and then they go out and do something terrible,” retired Justice Donald Alexander said. Three days after being released from jail following an arrest for a probation violation related to a domestic violence case, Hinkley returned to his ex-girlfriend’s home armed with a gun. The decision to release Hinkley on bail, made by Judge Sarah Churchill, has faced intense scrutiny. Alexander shared his own experience with a similar case in 1988, where he released a suspect who later shot and killed Lewiston police officer David Payne during a …