A Lowell District Court jury took less than half an hour this morning to find a client of Spring & Spring not guilty of assaulting a police officer.  Attorney Chris Spring tried the case. (more…)

A federal judge in New York recently ruled that a man who wrote obscenities on a speeding ticket he was paying could not be criminally prosecuted because his written message was protected by the First Amendment. (more…)

In an interesting opinion delivered today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down as unconstitutional a law that criminalized individuals from making false statements that related to elections.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lucas.  (more…)

In an interesting opinion delivered today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that a convicted criminal who failed to report to jail on time to serve his sentence could be convicted of escape for his failure to appear.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Porter.  (more…)

The federal jury that recently convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of participating in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing today unanimously voted to sentence him to death. (more…)