STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEARLY FOUR MONTHS after opening an investigation into Brockton Sen. Michael Brady’s drunk driving case, the Senate Ethics Committee is close to issuing its report that […]
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Baker administration tying up medical parole program
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, Peter Cruz began serving a sentence of life imprisonment for his role as an accessory in the armed robbery and murder of a Holyoke store manager. This past […]
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Suffolk County breakup with ICE a mixed bag
The number of county jails in Massachusetts that have contracts to hold detainees for federal immigration authorities is about to go down to three. Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins announced […]
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Suffolk County breakup with ICE a mixed bag
The number of county jails in Massachusetts that have contracts to hold detainees for federal immigration authorities is about to go down to three. Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins announced […]
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Walsh flooding the Mass. and Cass zone
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH intends to flood the area around Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue with outreach workers, public works staff, and police officers in a bid to ease […]
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Following the money through City Hall
THERE ARE several loose threads spilling out from the case of John Lynch, who pled guilty in September and is currently scheduled to be sentenced in January for accepting bribes. […]
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Following the money through City Hall
There are several loose threads spilling out from the case of John Lynch, who pled guilty in September and is currently scheduled to be sentenced in January for accepting bribes. […]
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A stark view from inside MCI-Framingham
In 2013, Lee Unitt was sentenced to four consecutive two-year terms in prison and up to 20 years of probation, but according to an ongoing lawsuit, the real punishment she […]
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A stark view from inside MCI-Framingham
In 2013, Lee Unitt was sentenced to four consecutive two-year terms in prison and up to 20 years of probation, but according to an ongoing lawsuit, the real punishment she […]
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Promising program helps rehabilitate inmates
CRIMINAL JUSTICE has gotten plenty of air time in the presidential debates, including the most recent one. Policing reforms, sentencing reforms, closure of private prisons, and offender voting rights have […]
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Rollins scores big win with SJC
IN THE FIRST big legal test of her reform agenda, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins scored a decisive victory on Monday, as a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court […]
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Defense attorney: Judge Sinnott ‘has no leg to stand on’
THE BAND OF RIGHT-WING provocateurs who staged a “straight pride” parade in Boston 10 days ago were hoping to stir the pot. But they likely never imagined that the tempest they’d […]
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Defense attorney: Judge Sinnott ‘has no leg to stand on’
The band of right-wing provocateurs who staged a “straight pride” parade in Boston 10 days ago were hoping to stir the pot. But they likely never imagined that the tempest […]
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Fall River mayor accused of shaking down pot firms
US ATTORNEY ANDREW LELLING on Friday accused Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II of running the city as a “pay-to-play institution,” using the leverage provided by the state’s marijuana law […]
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Law on sentencing guidelines is clear
THE RECENT opinion piece published in CommonWealth on the judiciary’s illegal adoption of new sentencing guidelines was a muddle in need of clarification. The writer, identified as a former assistant attorney […]
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Judge jails defense attorney for arguing too hard
Add reciting case law in a Boston courtroom to the list of offenses that can get you thrown in jail. That’s what happened to defense attorney Susan Church yesterday. Church […]
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Judge jails defense attorney for arguing too hard
Add reciting case law in a Boston courtroom to the list of offenses that can get you thrown in jail. That’s what happened to defense attorney Susan Church yesterday. Church […]
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Disorder in the court
SIMMERING TENSIONS over Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’s vow to turn a page on the traditional approach to prosecution apparently boiled over yesterday in Boston Municipal Court, where a […]
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Disorder in the court
Simmering tensions over Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’s vow to turn a page on the traditional approach to prosecution apparently boiled over yesterday in Boston Municipal Court, where a […]
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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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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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Trial recalls 2014 horror in Blackstone
The murder trial of Erika Murray is a gut-turning tragedy that defines callousness. Murray is facing charges of murdering two infants discovered in her Blackstone home five years ago. A […]
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Trial recalls 2014 horror in Blackstone
THE MURDER TRIAL of Erika Murray is a gut-turning tragedy that defines callousness. Murray is facing charges of murdering two infants discovered in her Blackstone home five years ago. A […]
