manslaughter

Michelle Carter will spend over a year behind bars in the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has affirmed the manslaughter conviction of Michelle Carter, who coerced her boyfriend via text messages to commit suicide.

The man charged in connection to the fatal stabbing of another man in Fall River on Saturday is now officially being charged with manslaughter.

A Wareham man who was first to be charged and convicted in Plymouth County of supplying a fatal overdose, has been sentenced to state prison.

A Wareham man is the first to be charged and convicted in Plymouth County of supplying a fatal overdose, after causing the death of a 25-year-old Wareham woman.

Eighteen year old Cameron McCarthy of New Bedford  was sentenced to State Prison on Friday for his role in the fatal shooting and robbery of a city cab driver in November, 2015. The victim, 66-year old Donald DePina was shot and killed  after transporting two men  in his Bluebird Cab to a remote location of Brooklawn Park in the North End...

A Fall River man accused of dealing a fatal punch during a bar fight this month has been released as he awaits trial.

City Council is supporting Governor Charlie Baker's proposal to make drug dealers whose distribution leads to the death of a user subject to be prosecuted on manslaughter charges.

New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes appeared on the Phil Paleologos Morning Show Wednesday promising to file a motion for the City Council to support Governor Baker's proposing to make drug dealers whose distribution leads to the death of a customer, subject to prosecution for "manslaughter," and further that our State Delegation support support Governor Baker's proposal in targeting

BOSTON (AP) _ The aunt of a Massachusetts teenager who took his own life after being urged to do so in text messages from his girlfriend is asking for 20 years behind bars for the woman. The woman's father will ask that his daughter be spared prison time...