The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today set in place a new set of rules that govern the resources available to incarcerated juvenile murderers who are now seeking to be released on parole.  The name of the case is Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District. (more…)

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…)