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Former Boston Doctor Convicted of Murdering His Wife by Cyanide Poisoning

Posted on November 8, 2014 in
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…)
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Affirms Cape Cod Man’s Conviction for Murdering his Wife

In 1980, the defendant's wife was stabbed to death in her Bourne home.  Twenty five years later, a man named Steven Stewart was convicted of murdering her.  After Stewart's conviction was reversed on appeal, he entered into a cooperation agreement with the Commonwealth and agreed to testify that he was a hitman, paid by...
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rejects Murderer’s Assertion that Police Violated his Right to Consult with an Attorney

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the first-degree murder conviction of a man who argued that his statements to the police were obtained unlawfully.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Vincent. (more…)
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Reverses Trial Court’s Order that Witness Testify and Likely Incriminate Himself

In an important decision delivered last Friday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed a district court judge's order that a witness in a criminal case testify at trial, even though the witness' testimony would tend to incriminate him.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Leclair.  (more…)
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