A hung jury erased one verdict and the SJC erased the other. Both were mothers, both cases turned on criminal responsibility, both were tried before Judge Sullivan. What Tim Cruz decides next, and by when.
Juror Nick Dargie says the lone holdout tied an exhibit band around a water bottle and pulled. Under Commonwealth v. Greineder that is not misconduct, and under Fidler no court can hear about it anyway.
Four and a half months after Ella and Kai MacAusland were found dead in Wellesley, the state still cannot say how they died. Why that matters for the indictment, and what "not Lindsay Clancy 2.0" actually signals.
Massachusetts cannabis just crossed $10 billion in sales. Question 8 would shut the retail market down, but not until January 1, 2028. What that date means for licenses, leases, inventory and tax revenue.
Three jurors from the first trial went on television and explained why they voted to acquit. Any second jury will be chosen from a pool that knows how the last one split.
Twenty-five Massachusetts communities dropped Flock. A bill to regulate the cameras cleared committee 11 to 0 in March, then sat in Ways and Means until the session ended. What H.3755 would have done, and what governs the state now.
Massachusetts judges dismissed at least 1,687 criminal cases and released 198 people because nobody would take the cases. How the bar advocate work stoppage broke the courts, what the Lavallee protocol requires, and why the conditions still exist.
No firm will quote a number over the phone. Here is how criminal defense fees are structured in Massachusetts, what the state pays appointed lawyers, and the questions that reveal what a case will really cost.
It is not a plea, it is not common, and it does not send anyone home. What a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict actually means, why Massachusetts calls it something else, and what happens the day after.
A private Atlanta company photographs your car every time you pass one of its cameras. Here is who owns Flock Safety, what it keeps, who can search it, and what the audits actually found.
