Juvenile Court

The driver of a car that crashed in East Bridgewater in May, killing four of his friends, was in Brockton Juvenile Court court on Monday.

Patriots defensive captain Devin McCourty addressed lawmakers on Beacon Hill Friday, discussing criminal justice reform and social issues.

Governor Charlie Baker nominated James P. Harrington to serve as an Associate Justice in the Bristol County Juvenile Court, and Katie Cook Rayburn to serve as an Associate Justice of the District Court.

Massachusetts law is today muddier than the Charles River. Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz has ruled that Michelle Carter is guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Conrad Roy III. Roy smoked himself in a cloudy pool of carbon monoxide on the evening of July 13, 2014 ...

Two Massachusetts state troopers who investigated the death of a teenager prosecutors say was coaxed into killing himself through dozens of text messages from his girlfriend have testified the couple often discussed suicide. The prosecution in Michelle Carter's manslaughter trial rested Thursday after hearing from the troopers and a pathologist in juvenile court in Taunton...

TAUNTON (AP) — A friend of a Massachusetts woman charged with using text messages to encourage her boyfriend to kill himself said in court the woman told her, "It's my fault." Michelle Carter is charged with manslaughter in the July 2014 death of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his pickup in Fairhaven...

A 17-year-old from Taunton accused of shooting another teen will be tried as a Youthful Offender.

An attempt by the attorney's for 18-year-old Michelle Carter to dismiss her case has been taken under advisement.

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed into law a bill placing 17-year-olds accused of crimes under the jurisdiction of the state's juvenile courts.       Currently in Massachusetts, 17-year-olds are treated as adults, regardless of the circumstances or severity of the offense.  ...