Evidence obtained during an investigatory stop of a robbery suspect should not be suppressed under the collective knowledge doctrine, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in a split decision. Boston police officers received a report of an armed robbery at a gas station in Dorchester. Seven minutes after the first dispatch, and one street away
BOSTON In Massachusetts, where abortion is protected in law and promoted in culture, it is rare to see the words unborn child used by the courts or mainstream media. But that was what happened on Feb. 13-14, prompting both praise and criticism from local pro-life leaders.
Massachusetts' highest court recently rejected an appeal linked to a brutal murder and used the opportunity to throw out a "misogynistic" legal principle that allowed killers to be convicted of lesser charges.