The dean of students at Boston's English High School was arraigned today after being charged with shooting a student in the back of the head. (more…)

The long-awaited trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begin this morning in Boston federal court and his attorney wasted little time in admitting that he was involved in the bombings.  According to the Boston Globe, in her opening statement the defendant's attorney called the bombings "misguided acts" and conceded that "it was...

An Essex County Superior Court judge today ruled that the Commonwealth cannot introduce a juvenile's confession that he killed his high school math teacher in 2013 in his upcoming trial. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution does not protect a person's right to possess a stun gun in public.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Caetano.  (more…)

In reversing a district court judge's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today repeated what has become a familiar rule - the police cannot search a motor vehicle because there is evidence of the presence of a small amount of marijuana.  The name of the case is Commonwealth...