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ATTLEBORO — A South Attleboro woman accused of harassing a former high school classmate who is Jewish by throwing pornographic photos, a crucifix, Bibles, and fake coins in her yard
DEPOSIT PHOTOS Criminal defense attorneys say a recent Supreme Judicial Court decision should give defendants a better chance of establishing that a pedestrian stop was racially motivated in violation of equal protection guarantees under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. In the case in question, three Boston police officers in an unmarked vehicle received reports of
Following is a list of the cases scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Judicial Court in April. The summaries of the issues presented in the cases have been prepared by Lawyers Weekly. The SJC, in cooperation with Suffolk University Law School, provides live and archived webcasts of its arguments at www.suffolk.edu/sjc. MONDAY, APRIL
Instead of requiring a statistical analysis to prove racial bias by an officer, people who are stopped by police and charged with a crime can now hold up aspects of the stop -- from how long police followed them to how the officer handles the stop -- to help make their case.