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Criminal proceedings can proceed against two former Holyoke Soldiers' Home officials accused of negligence that led to the deaths of dozens of veterans early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's highest court ruled Thursday.
BOSTON — Criminal proceedings can proceed against two former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home officials accused of negligence that led to the deaths of dozens of veterans early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.In a 5-2 decision...
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a police officer who stopped David Privette not long after the robbery of a gas station one night in 2018 had enough probable cause to conclude he was a suspect even before he found him packing a gun and several hundred dollars in cash, and so prosecutors can bring him to trial. It's a similar outcome to the one Privette got in 2021
The state Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Monday in two cases that ask whether it is constitutional for people between the ages of 18 and 20 — who are sometimes referred to as "emerging adults" — to receive mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Massachusetts already bans such sentences for those under 18.
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday ruled that Harvard University can be sued for mistreating a descendent of ...