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Three decades after the death of a 17-year-old Malden girl, a Middlesex jury found a Georgia man guilty of her murder. Rodney Daniels, 50, was convicted of first-degree murder this month for shoo...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/man-convicted-of-murder-in-32-year-old-massachusetts-cold-case/

Michelle Carter has been released early from prison. The case that sparked legal precedent and resulted in polarizing, nationwide discussions has once again made headlines, as Michelle Carter –...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/michelle-carter-released-from-prison-after-serving-11-months-for-involuntary-manslaughter/

In January 2017, the bodies of 32-year-old Jenna Pellegrini and 48-year-old Christine Sullivan were found under a backyard tarp at a home in Farmington, New Hampshire. Each woman had suffered mul...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/alexa-asked-to-testify/

Brittany Smith (hereinafter, the “Defendant”), 29 years of age of Athol, was found guilty yesterday in a Home Invasion turned deadly case in Franklin Superior Court. The crime took place in O...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/two-murder-defendants-are-convicted-separately-for-the-same-crime/

  In the Cape Cod Times, the call that the criminal justice system’s “softness and weak” is to blame for the murder of the Yarmouth police office Sean Gannon. In the words of Rodney Collin...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/the-threat-of-the-quickie-kneejerk-reaction-to-murder-in-the-massachusets-criminal-justice-system-part-3-of-3/

We have been talking about the tragic murder of Police Officer Sean Gannon and his reputed assassin, Thomas Latanowich (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). Yesterday I shared with you a petition w...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/the-truth-about-massachusetts-judges-and-powers-part-2-of-3/

Last Friday, we ended the week with the tragic story of a slain police officer. He was murdered in the line of duty. His alleged killer was a man with a criminal record “as long as your arm”....

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/a-murder-in-yarmouth-time-to-target-the-massachusetts-judges-pt-1-of-2/

The reports are still coming in from Yarmouth. The Boston Herald tells us about the Yarmouth K-9 police officer who was fatally shot and dog wounded. The shots allegedly came from a suspect who ...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/alleged-cop-killer-is-arraigned-in-yarmouth/

Fans of the hit podcast Serial will be interested to learn that Adnan Syed, the man whose murder conviction is the focus of the show, has been granted a new trial. Last week, Maryland’s second-...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/subject-of-hit-podcast-serial-gets-new-trial/

I heard a story this weekend that I just had to pass on to you. It illustrates something we have been talking about in an unusual way. The police were called to an apartment. The report was that ...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/experienced-boston-criminal-defense-lawyer-gives-example-unfortunate-statement-can-lock/