Two high-profile Massachusetts trials are nearing their respective ends, as the defense rested today in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial and the jury heard closing arguments in the Boston Marathon terrorism trial.  (more…)

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft testified as a prosecution witness in Aaron Hernandez's murder trial today in Fall River Superior Court as the Commonwealth winds down its case. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today refused to overrule an important evidentiary ruling made by the trial judge overseeing the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.  The full opinion can be read here.  (more…)

The first-degree murder trial of former New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez continues this week, with the attorneys arguing over whether recordings of Hernandez's jailhouse telephone conversations should be played for the jury. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today set in place a new set of rules that govern the resources available to incarcerated juvenile murderers who are now seeking to be released on parole.  The name of the case is Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District. (more…)