The Supreme Judicial Court issued an important decision this week regarding the requirement that certain sex offenders on probation be monitored by a GPS device.  The opinion was delivered in Commonwealth v. Guzman (SJC-11483 decided August 25, 2014). (more…)

Ronald Garney was a ninth-grade science teacher and coach who worked for the Amherst-Pelham regional school district for more than 20 years.  Through an investigation conducted in 2004, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement identified Garney as someone who had purchased child pornography from a website.  Local police later executed a search warrant...

In an important ruling issued this week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court clarified the types of photographs that qualify as child pornography.  The defendant in Commonwealth v. Rex is a convicted rapist who is serving a state prison sentence.  In 2011, prison officials searched the defendant’s locker and discovered an envelope containing seven photocopies...