Convicted murderer Philip Chism, who was sentenced to life in jail for the brutal rape and slay Danvers math teacher Collen ...

The man convicted of raping and killing a high school teacher in Danvers, Massachusetts, was denied a chance at a new trial ...

Aggrieved litigants can’t compel the Massachusetts attorney discipline board to give lawyers a slap on the wrist, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court held.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives adopted a new set of rules to govern how they conduct their daily business after ...

Philip Chism was convicted in the 2013 death of Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer. He was 14 when he followed Ritzer into a school bathroom, strangled her, stabbed her at least 16 times and ...

The new 49-page guide updates and supersedes the 2006-issued guidelines, and includes information about the 2016 ...

At the current rate, it will take years before all of the Plaintiffs have had their initial parole hearings," according to ...

Lawyers for Karen Read have asked a federal judge to prevent her retrial on two charges related to the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend ...

Following a groundbreaking Supreme Judicial Court decision last year, the seven men are newly eligible for parole and are now suing the state, saying they are facing illegal delays.

For observers of Massachusetts courts, it’s taken for granted: Court proceedings are presumed open, except in juvenile court, ...

The order is in line with U.S. Judicial Conference guidance from last year, which came amid Democratic lawmakers' concerns ...