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Traffic Leads to Contempt Hearing for Sheriff Hodgson
Traffic Leads to Contempt Hearing for Sheriff Hodgson
Traffic Leads to Contempt Hearing for Sheriff Hodgson
The most high-profile law enforcement official in southeastern Massachusetts will need to appear before a federal judge in September after showing up late to court on Wednesday. Judge William Young ordered Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson to appear for a civil contempt hearing because he showed up two hours late to testify in a criminal trial, according to the U...
Trial to Begin in Challenge to Massachusetts Voter Registration Law
Trial to Begin in Challenge to Massachusetts Voter Registration Law
Trial to Begin in Challenge to Massachusetts Voter Registration Law
BOSTON (AP) - A trial is set to begin in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Massachusetts law that requires voters to register at least 20 days before an election. The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, along with the national ACLU Voting Rights Project and a Boston law firm, filed the lawsuit in November...
What Will the Michelle Carter Trial Mean Going Forward?
What Will the Michelle Carter Trial Mean Going Forward?
What Will the Michelle Carter Trial Mean Going Forward?
Judge Lawrence Moniz has reached a decision in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michelle Carter, and is expected to announce that verdict in a Taunton juvenile courtroom Friday morning. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2014 suicide of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III...
Michelle Carter Verdict Coming Friday
Michelle Carter Verdict Coming Friday
Michelle Carter Verdict Coming Friday
The judge has reached a verdict in the trial of a Michelle Carter. Carter is the Massachusetts woman charged with manslaughter for sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to kill himself. A court clerk said Judge Lawrence Moniz will announce his verdict Friday when court is back in session at 11 am...

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