Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

A negligence lawsuit against the city of New Bedford and the county sheriff's office stemming from the 2013 death of Egidio Batista in protective custody has been allowed to proceed.

One man is getting out of prison after spending more than half his life there for a Fall River murder he committed in 1999, when he was just 17 years old.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to get involved in a challenge to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's executive orders issued during the COVID panic.

If Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey can't determine what a 'child born alive' means, she ought to resign.

Soliciting of any kind should be prohibited from roadsides and street corners. It is a safety hazard.

A state law that prohibits certain people from asking motorists for money along the roadway was struck down Tuesday by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The anti-panhandling law violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights because it is a "content-based regulation of protected speech in a public forum" that cannot withstand str

The state legislature has the power to check Baker's authority under the CDA but notes that lawmakers have thus far been reluctant to do so.

The victim was recently freed from prison after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal.

Massachusetts' highest court will rule on the constitutionality of a state law that bans individuals from asking for money in traffic.

Gants always worked to promote the public good and his legacy as a judge is profound, said Gov. Charlie Baker.