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Rigged podcast puts state police crime lab scandal under spotlight Jamie Folk had volunteered at the maximum-security prison in Walpole, MCI-Cedar Junction, for two years, getting to know the stories behind the men imprisoned there, their lives and who they were. In 2012, when the Massachusetts drug lab scandal broke and it was discovered drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan had lied about testing drug samples, putting more than 20,000 legal cases in jeopardy, Folk said it hit him emotionally. “I...

Man gets 10 years in `atrocious child rape in Shrewsbury Telegram & Gazette  A former Worcester man was sentenced to 10 years in state prison Tuesday on multiple charges of child rape stemming from actions a prosecutor deemed “atrocious.”  Christopher M. Coll, 39, received the sentence in Worcester Superior Court after pleading guilty to several charges related to allegations that he raped a 15-year-old child multiple times.  The crimes came to light, Assistant District Attorney Courtne...

Two Massachusetts prisoners, held in two separate facilities, died from COVID-19 this week, according to the state Department of Correction. One man, in his 40s, had been held at MCI-Shirley, and was hospitalized for more than two weeks before he died Sunday. The other prisoner was in his 70s and had been in custody at MCI-Concord. He died at a local hospital Monday. The deaths come as the virus is spiking throughout the state and correctional facilities. MCI-Concord has the highest number of a...

The John Adams Courthouse in Boston, home of the states Supreme Judicial Court. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is sending a strong message about how courts should consider prisoners requests for release because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a ruling involving two prisoners, the high court explicitly says the risk of the virus needs to weigh heavily in decisions about releasing those sentenced and appealing their convictions. The SJC approved both prisoners requests ...

Should have testified at some point in the trial. maybe there should have been more so we could have heard his side of the story. >> hernandez once helped lead the new england patriots to a super bowl. now he will begin his sentence in a maximum security prison one hour from the stadium where the patriots play. cnns jean casarez has more on the 25-year-olds new life behind bars. >> reporter: convicted murderer aaron hernandez may be known for wearing 81 with the new england patriots but now has ...

>> were waiting for judge susan garsh who should hand down the sentence any moment now. the verdict guilty of first-degree murder. its a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole. >> you are charged with the crime of murder. the jury returning a verdict of murder in the first degree. in consideration of the crime for which you now stand committed, you are sentenced by order of the court as follows. you are committed to the cedar junction for the term of your natural life witho...

>> charging the defendant aaron hernandez with unlawful possession of a firearm while not at home or work. what say you, madam foreperson? >> the man who was once under a $40 million nfl contract will now be under a prison guards watch for the rest of his life. a mandatory sentence. >> youre charged with the crime of murder, the jury returning a verdict of murder in the first degree. in consideration of the crime for which you now stand committed, you are sentenced by order of the court as follo...

By imprisonment to mci cedar junction for a term of not less than 2 1/2 years to not more than 3 years committed concurrent with the life sentence imposed on count a. vrcr 302013-0983-c, where you are charged with the crime of unlawful possession of ammunition, after being convicted by the jury, you now stand committed and -- stand convicted and in consideration of the offense for which you have been convicted sentenced to the house of correction for paerd of one year, being served. sev sir, you...

It was dramatic. his tattooed hands both of them shackled in front of him, set off against his slate gray suit. he was convicted of first-degree murder for the death of odin lloyd. hes the one thats going to be now serving life in prison. that was the mandatory sentence that the judge gave him without the possibility of parole. >> you are charged with the crime of murder. the jury returning a verdict of murder in the first degree. in consideration of the crime for which you now stand committed y...

>> the man who was once under a $40 million nfl contract will now be under a prison guards watch for the rest of his life. a mandatory sentence. >> youre charged with the crime of murder. the jury returning a verdict of murder in the first degree. in consideration of the crime for which you now stand committed, you are sentenced by order of the court as follows. youre committed to the nci cedar junction for the term of your natural life without the possibility of parole. >> it was june of 2013 t...