death penalty

The city of New Bedford, MA has lost one police officer in the line of duty to a violent criminal. Officer James England was murdered on September 14, 1955.

Massachusetts has had another police officer murdered. The citizens and the politicians need to look in the mirror and take some blame for these deaths.

Massachusetts' tough-talking RINO Governor Charlie Baker continues to talk the talk without walking the walk after apparently balking on his call for the death penalty for cop killers. Baker, like most fast talking pols, seized the moment following the shooting death of Yarmouth Police Officer Sean Gannon last month to demand the death penalty for anyone convicted of killing a police officer, but

The murder of Yarmouth Police Sergeant and New Bedford native Sean Gannon has Mayor Jon Mitchell once again asking why judges keep allowing repeat criminals back on the streets.

Prior to the murder of Yarmouth Police Officer Sean Gannon, the Mass GOP supported the death penalty in its party platform.

Fresh off the recent senseless murder of a Massachusetts Police officer, Governor Charlie Baker believes it's time to debate and possibly re-institute the death penalty in the Commonwealth. The death penalty applies only to cop killers. The state's highest court outlawed capital punishment three decades ago...

Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev is asking for a new trial. Tsarnaev's lawyers filed an appeal on Monday, saying he didn't get a fair trial because of the trial's publicity. Among the points his legal team argues is that the jurors were using social media during the trial and wouldn't have been able to avoid news about it...

A Boston jury says Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for his crimes. The jury in his trial made their decision after weighing the facts of the case. They had deliberated for 15 hours. Tsarnaev's official sentencing will happen later...

The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts says the jury has spoken and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev "will pay with his life" for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing. Carmen Ortiz called the verdict reached Friday, "fair and just." She noted that it came after weeks of grueling and heart wrenching testimony during the long trial...

The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial is done for the day after deliberating for about 50 minutes.  The jury got the case Wednesday afternoon after final instructions from a federal judge. The panel weighing the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev must decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison for the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260 others...