The indictment never claims Farwell fathered her child. It claims she told him he had. Under the witness-killing statute, what he believed is what counts, and the grand jury's language appears written to survive exactly the DNA result that came back.
Yes keeps the law, no repeals it, and both campaigns spend money explaining that. Our count of the state campaign finance file shows a grassroots repeal effort, an institutional defense, and a single $500,000 union check that outweighs both committees' entire prior year.
For one of the two routes, a judge must find the defendant killed her before the jury decides whether he did. That is not a contradiction, and understanding why explains how these rulings work.
Every town that cancelled cited misuse as a risk. Three Massachusetts departments have now given it a name. The searching in Braintree began five months before the charged conduct and nobody read the log until a complaint arrived.
Shot at 4 a.m., found at 5:24 by passersby, with no motive identified in ten weeks. Why a lookout faces the same charge as the shooter, and why one count against the first defendant is a sentencing provision rather than a crime.
A fake name, an outside intermediary, Cash App payments, and five soaked sheets. The statute is four lines long and reaches a cellphone as readily as a drug, and c. 32 § 15(4) takes the pension on conviction.
No fixed deadline, no duty to say what happened, no private lawsuit, and no statewide security standard for municipalities. What residents can still obtain, and why a shared vendor is the thing to look for.
Competency asks whether a defendant can help his lawyer today. Criminal responsibility asks about the moment of the offense. One is decided by a judge, the other by a jury, and confusing them is the most common error in coverage of these cases.
The statute lists every question, including present or past involvement as a party to litigation. It also caps the penalty for a willful misrepresentation at a fine, and requires the clerk to keep the originals until the case is finally disposed of.
The book and page numbers, the arithmetic that checks out, and the three things a lien notice does not tell you. Owing the IRS is not a crime, and the recorded figure is a snapshot, not a current balance.
