After months of debate, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a police reform bill banning chokeholds, creating a state-level oversight committee and allowing officers to report each other’s inappropriate or violent conduct.
The Massachusetts State Police will be introducing a new body camera pilot program in an effort to initiate a series of operational reforms, state police superintendent Kerry Gilpin announced in a press release Monday.
A Boston police officer was indicted on charges of stealing money from the department’s evidence room and attempting to launder it at Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Massachusetts....
A new defense team for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was requested in a motion filed Wednesday by Miriam Conrad, the former lead defense attorney for the case.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted...
U.S. District Court Judge George O’Toole released Friday the names of the 12 jurors and the six alternate jurors present for the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Following a two-month-long trial, Tsarnaev...
Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev officially appealed Friday morning to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, according to Susan Goldberg, the circuit executive for the First Circuit...
U.S. District Court Judge George O’Toole ordered Tuesday the release of more than 600 court files kept under record during the trial of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according...
U.S. District Judge George O’Toole denied a motion for a new trial for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Friday afternoon, while ordering Tsarnaev to pay more than $101 million in restitution...
In light of the recent nationwide increase in gun violence, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh met with leaders from across New England Thursday to discuss gun safety strategies.
“Our goal is to strengthen...
Although capital punishment has been outlawed in Massachusetts, lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring the death penalty back to the Commonwealth.
The legislation, sponsored by Massachusetts...
To commemorate Boston’s first Unsolved Homicide Awareness Day, city and law enforcement officials joined activists for a flag raising ceremony Thursday at City Hall.
The Women Survivors of...
