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The SJC – right only because they have the power – decided that life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder was a violation of constitutional rights for murderers aged 18-20.

The Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling on an appeal brought by William McDermott, who was convicted of murdering Robert Kemp in 1981 in Cohasset.

These young people were sentenced to die in prison for the reckless, impetuous acts characteristic of their youth, often in situations involving peer influence, writes Katy Naples-Mitchell.

A murder defendant whose lawyer slept during parts of the trial was denied his right to counsel under the state constitution, entitling him to a new trial, the top court in Massachusetts has ruled.

A former employee can move forward with claims that the nursing home where she worked wrongly fired her for refusing COVID vaccination

Why Raise the Age? This reform will decrease crime. Young adults are highly amenable to rehabilitation. Keeping 18 - 20-year-olds in the juvenile system, where they must attend school and participate in rehabilitative programming will lower recidivism.

The constitutionality of California’s felony forfeiture statute, as applied by the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), survived yet...

A retired Massachusetts State Police lieutenant who pleaded guilty in the overtime scandal has successfully appealed the decision to have his pension forfeited,...

After House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka indicated they would not comply with the attempted probe, and questioned its legality, the auditor began moving toward legal action in July

BOSTON — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio's proposed ballot-box appeal to crack open the Legislature's books for her inspection cleared a key hurdle Wednesday. And it turns out that Attorney General Andrea Campbell, by certifying that the initiative passed legal muster, overruled a formal objection from the state Senate.