The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled yesterday that a woman charged with beating her stepdaughter was entitled to use reasonable force to discipline her.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Packer. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the murder conviction of a Haverhill man who stabbed his wife to death in February of 2010.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Mulgrave. (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court yesterday reversed a defendant's conviction for beating up his wife after the prosecutor made improper statements during closing arguments.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Alphonse.  (more…)

The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Monday in a case that pits the defendant's First Amendment right to free speech against a criminal law that was used to prosecute him for threatening his ex-wife.  The name of the case is Elonis v. United States. (more…)

Robert Ferrante, a doctor who worked at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, was convicted by a Pennsylvania jury yesterday of murdering his wife by poisoning her with cyanide. (more…)