Bc Innocence Program News Today

At a school like Boston College, where Asian students make up a small number of the total population, the lack of diversity fosters an environment where silence about bias is all too common, according to Heidi Yun. 

Convicted arsonist William P. Cascone will remain in state custody as he waits to learn whether he’ll get a new trial, nearly 35 years after a jury found him guilty

For nearly a year, William P. Cascone has been waiting to learn whether his conviction in a deadly 1984 North Adams arson will get a fresh look.

The man convicted of setting a fire that killed two children and a teen nearly 40 years ago in North Adams hopes to win a new trial, arguing through pro

WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED at 102 Belair Street in Brockton, Massachusetts, in the predawn hours of April 17, 2003, they observed two teenagers poking their heads out of second-floor windows. One of the teens was 17-year-old Frances Choy, who, awakened by her mother’s scream of “Frances, there’s a fire!” had called 911 on her cell phone. The other was Kenneth Choy, Frances’s 16-year-old nephew. Inside the house, a fire was burning with such intensity that it had melted wall fixtures, a...