SINCE THE JURY handed down its verdict in the Boston Calling trial earlier this month, convicting two City Hall aides on federal Hobbs Act violations, a steady stream of prominent individuals […]
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Corruption or advocacy?
When two aides to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh were convicted earlier this month on federal charges of conspiring to extort organizers of the Boston Calling music festival in 2014, US […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Hampden DA behind state’s first court for young adults
HAMPDEN COUNTY District Attorney Anthony Gulluni is on an ambitious mission to give young mid-level and serious criminal offenders a second chance. Gulluni is a member of a statewide task force […]
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Numerous warnings about ignored RMV notices
THERE WAS HARDLY ever a time when the Registry of Motor Vehicles properly handled paper notices about out-of-state driving infractions, according to the former registrar Erin Deveney’s testimony before lawmakers […]
Posted inOpinion
Court database shouldn’t be landlord screening tool
ACCESS TO STABLE HOUSING is critical for economic security. With the very high cost of living in Massachusetts, finding housing is a challenge for everyone, particularly for low income people […]
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ACLU files suit to block restrictive new asylum rules
THE AMERICAN CIVIL Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Constitutional Rights filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to block sweeping new asylum restrictions announced by the Trump […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Old friends now in Beacon Hill face-off
A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN Beacon Hill veterans is unfolding as Secretary of State William Galvin seeks to bar former House speaker Sal DiMasi from registering as a State House lobbyist because […]
Posted inPolitics
Spilka refers Brady case to Ethics Committee
THE SENATE ON Thursday took a step towards opening an ethics investigation into Sen. Michael Brady, a Brockton Democrat who was arrested for drunk driving last year. Brady admitted to […]
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Judge blocks most ICE courthouse arrests
US DISTRICT COURT JUDGE INDIRA TALWANI approved a temporary injunction on Thursday blocking US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making civil arrests of undocumented individuals in and around district courthouses in Massachusetts. Siding with […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
Ortiz case showcases Dominican justice system
THE MEDICAL CARE DAVID ORTIZ is receiving in Boston as he recovers from a gunshot wound is some of the best in the world, but the same superlatives cannot be […]
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Ortiz case showcases Dominican justice system
The medical care David Ortiz is receiving in Boston as he recovers from a gunshot wound is some of the best in the world, but the same superlatives cannot be […]
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Judge turns down plea deal from US attorney
THE DISTRICT COURT judge accused of allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade capture by federal authorities is not going gently into that goodnight. The Boston Globe reports that Judge Shelley […]
Posted inPolitics
Supreme Court declines to take up corporate spending appeal
THE US SUPREME COURT has declined to hear an appeal to a ruling upholding the state’s ban on corporate donations to political candidates. Monday’s decision by the nation’s highest court […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Kraft to lawyers: Do your job
WHEN IT COMES TO his involvement with the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, it looks like Robert Kraft is going to get off again. With the best legal defense money […]
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Kraft to lawyers: Do your job
When it comes to his involvement with the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, it looks like Robert Kraft is going to get off again. With the best legal defense money […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Guns
Holding Steven close
RONALD ODOM TALKS about his son’s death like it was yesterday because, for the soft-spoken retired letter carrier, it still feels that way. But this fall will mark 12 years […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge suggests State Police overtime conspiracy
TO US DISTRICT JUDGE MARK L. WOLF, federal prosecutors involved in the Massachusetts State Police overtime fraud scandal may not be looking at every legal penalty possible. During a sentencing […]
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Judge suggests State Police overtime conspiracy
To US District Judge Mark L. Wolf, federal prosecutors involved in the Massachusetts State Police overtime fraud scandal may not be looking at every legal penalty possible. During a sentencing […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Tug-of-war over wanted immigrant in Salem court
IN SALEM SUPERIOR COURT on Wednesday, Judge Thomas Drechsler had a few reasons to hold Willy Antonio Hernandez Camilo without bail. Camilo had been charged with attempted murder for stabbing […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Decapitation case focuses on text, audio messages
CHILLING TEXT AND AUDIO MESSAGES sent to classmates in 2016 are coming back to haunt Mathew Borges as he goes on trial for the murder and beheading of a fellow […]
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Decapitation case focuses on text, audio messages
Chilling text and audio messages sent to classmates in 2016 are coming back to haunt Mathew Borges as he goes on trial for the murder and beheading of a fellow […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, State House News Service
Newton judge indicted on federal obstruction charge
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A NEWTON DISTRICT COURT judge and former court officer were indicted Thursday on federal obstruction of justice charges for their alleged involvement in helping an undocumented […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Rollins brings welcome change
SUFFOLK COUNTY District Attorney’s Rachael Rollins’s bold stances around criminal justice in Massachusetts are good for democracy. Her proposals to effectively limit the criminal stigma of some illegal offenses — […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Springfield police cases not adding up
IF YOU BELIEVE THE WITNESSES who have testified in Jose Omar Ortiz’s bid for a new trial, then two decades ago Springfield police bullied their way to a confession for […]