The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that the Worcester police chief properly denied a man's application for a license to carry a firearm, where the man had been charged with (but not convicted of) beating his wife in 2005.  The name of the case is Chief of Police of the City of Worcester...

Two high-profile Massachusetts criminal trials are now underway and testimony is expected to continue this week in both. (more…)

The dean of students at Boston's English High School was arraigned today after being charged with shooting a student in the back of the head. (more…)

The long-awaited trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begin this morning in Boston federal court and his attorney wasted little time in admitting that he was involved in the bombings.  According to the Boston Globe, in her opening statement the defendant's attorney called the bombings "misguided acts" and conceded that "it was...

An Essex County Superior Court judge today ruled that the Commonwealth cannot introduce a juvenile's confession that he killed his high school math teacher in 2013 in his upcoming trial. (more…)