Tompkins Closing Arguments: Why the Missing Threat May Not Matter
Closings begin Wednesday. The defense built two weeks around the absence of a threat, and the statute Tompkins is charged under does not require one.
Legal News
Arrest for Filming the Clancy Jury: The Charge, and What It Means for the Trial
A woman was arrested for allegedly filming jurors leaving the Clancy trial. The statute is broader than most coverage suggests, and the effect on the case turns on one fact.
If the Clancy Jury Deadlocks: Partial Verdicts, Mistrial, and Retrial
The jury has reported once that it cannot agree. What Massachusetts law permits from here, including the rule that stops this jury from ruling out first-degree murder and saying so.
Question 4 Explained: Election Day Voter Registration in Massachusetts
Registration for today's primary closed August 22. Question 4 would end that cutoff, though not in time for November. The Secretary of the Commonwealth is one of its ten first signers.
Clancy Jury Says It Cannot Agree. The Judge Sent Them Back.
"After many hours of deliberation, we are unable to come to a unanimous decision." The judge sent them back without giving the deadlock instruction, and holding it in reserve was deliberate.
Did the Lindsay Clancy Jurors Wear Pink? What the Record Actually Shows
A claim circulating during deliberations says jurors wore the supporters' color. No outlet has reported it. What did happen on August 20 is more legally significant than the rumor.
What Happens If the Lindsay Clancy Jury Cannot Agree
The jury has three verdict slips and five options on each. If they cannot agree, Massachusetts has a specific instruction for that, and strict limits on how hard a judge may push.
Suing the MBTA: Presentment, the $100,000 Cap, and What Changed in 2009
After a man died on the third rail at Forest Hills, a question people ask after every serious injury on the T. The answer involves a notice requirement that ends more cases than any argument about fault.
Question 5 Explained: The State Revenue Cap and the Millionaires Tax
Question 5 changes the 1986 law that returned $3 billion to taxpayers in 2022. Nearly all the money behind it came from a single entity that files nothing with the state.
Question 3 Explained: The All-Party Primary on the 2026 Massachusetts Ballot
Question 3 would end party primaries in Massachusetts and send the top two finishers to November regardless of party. It covers congressional races despite its name, and it would not take effect until 2028.