A 25-year-old teacher from the Mission Hill K-8 School in Boston was arrested after allegedly indecently assaulting an 8-year-old child at Boston Medical Center over the weekend, according to the Boston Globe.  (more…)

In an important decision delivered today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court expressed concern about the guidelines used by the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) in classifying sex offenders.  The name of the case is John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 68549 v. Sex Offender Registry Board. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today reversed the convictions of a Hampden County man charged with possession of child pornography.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Rollins. (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today reversed the finding of a Worcester County Superior Court judge that an intellectually-disabled defendant had knowingly and voluntarily admitted to violating his probation, and overturned the 5-to-8 year prison sentence awarded against him.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Abdullah Muhammad Sayyid.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court yesterday affirmed a defendant's conviction for multiple counts of child rape that were based, in part, on the defendant's confessions during an instant messaging ("IM") chat with one of the prosecution witnesses. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. David Oppenheim. The defendant and his wife founded and operated...