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Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Rittenhouse acquittal indicative of racist nature of criminal justice system

Editors December 1, 2021
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse is based on a system that protects and perpetuates white supremacy.
“Trial 4,” a Netflix docuseries released on Wednesday, follows the four trials of Dorchester native Sean Ellis in a famous Boston murder case from 1993. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Trial 4’ brings attention to famous Boston murder case

Connor Allen November 13, 2020
Netflix’s newest docuseries recounts the 1993 murder of Boston police Detective John Mulligan and the trials of Dorchester’s Sean Ellis.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s first appeal trial was held Tuesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. PHOTO BY NIKKI GITTER/DFP FILE PHOTO

First appeals hearing to challenge death sentence for Tsarnaev

Samantha J. Gross December 2, 2015

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev argued Tuesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, calling for a new sentencing trial to challenge the conviction and the death sentence Tsarnaev received...

Prosecution presents final witnesses in Bulger trial

Daily Free Press Admin July 27, 2013

After seven weeks of testimony from 63 witnesses, the prosecution called to the stand its final witness on Friday to wrap up its case against alleged former mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, according...

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