U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia has lost his appeal of several convictions on extortion and fraud charges, for which he is currently serving a prison sentence.

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia will finally have to report to prison Friday, and U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins hailed the order as bringing justice to the people of Fall River.

Gary Lee Sampson, the late convicted killer who murdered a Taunton man along with two others in a series of carjackings twenty years ago, has posthumously lost an appeal of his death sentence this week.