Two members of the MS-13 street gang in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy violations in a Boston Federal Court. The case stems from the 2018 murder of a teenage boy. Each of the defendants admitted to planning and participating in a pattern of illicit...
Criminal offenses committed by individuals in Massachusetts while under the age of 18 will earn them the attention of the state's juvenile justice system. Juveniles in Massachusetts are subject to a different set of laws and punishments from adults and are unlikely to...
When Massachusetts residents plead not guilty to DUI or other criminal charges, the next step in the process is usually what is known as a preliminary or pretrial hearing. This is often referred to as a trial that takes place before a trial, but the two procedures...
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts overturned one man's 2013 homicide conviction in a ruling on March 3. The man had been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of participating in the stabbing murder of a 17-year-old in Taunton. However,...
Some people may get a fairer trial in Massachusetts if their potential jurors are first instructed regarding race bias and other biases based on stereotypes. An article that appeared in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice by an Arizona assistant federal public...
Prosecutors in Massachusetts say that a 39-year-old man shot and killed a father and his son on the night of Jan. 10 without warning in an attack they described as an ambush. Police have yet to identify a motive for the double homicide, but they say the crime scene is...
In Massachusetts, drunk driving penalties can be serious. In 2005, a law known as Melanie's Law increased the sanctions that people could experience if they are convicted of operating under the influence, or OUI. While drunk driving charges are the most common cause...
A criminal defense attorney may help a Massachusetts resident who has been charged with possession of drugs, either with the intent to sell or for their own personal use. Here are a few of the most common defenses that an attorney might use to help their client. One...
Anyone in Massachusetts who paid some attention to the news in 2019 likely noted the frequency of mass shootings. Some researchers define mass shootings as events that result in the killing of four or more people. Others alter this definition slightly to include...
Protecting your children's rights when the authorities suspect they have participated in juvenile crimes begins during questioning. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the frontal lobes of a human being are the last areas of the brain...
