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.
A mistrial is not a win, a loss, or double jeopardy. Here is what it actually is, what a hung jury does, what a judge tells a deadlocked jury in Massachusetts, and when the Commonwealth can try you again.
A software engineer noticed the same black pole across several states, photographed one, and built a map. Flock Safety tried to shut it down on a trademark theory and lost. Here is what the map shows and what it cannot tell you.
It affects one to two births in a thousand, usually begins within ten days of delivery, and responds well to treatment. Here is what the symptoms actually look like, how it differs from postpartum depression, and why America is an outlier in prosecuting it.
The foreperson says he admitted he had reasonable doubt, and then refused to sign. Three jurors said so on television, using their names. The man they described cannot answer, because his is still sealed until September 18.
Carlo DeMaria signed a memorandum with Wynn hours before leaving office. Springfield spent this month showing what a host community can actually do to a casino operator, and it is not what most people assume.
They photograph your plate, log the time and direction, and file it where an officer in another state may be able to search it. What Massachusetts law actually permits, what the SJC left open, and how to find out whether someone looked you up.
