A federal jury convicted former Stoughton officer Matthew Farwell on both counts in the death of Sandra Birchmore. The evidence, the elements and the verdict.

On November 9, 2026, Judge William Sullivan denied Lindsay Clancy’s double jeopardy motion, her requests about the holdout juror, and the Commonwealth’s gag order request.

Lindsay Clancy returned to Plymouth Superior Court on Monday, November 2, 2026, for a hearing before Judge William Sullivan. Her lawyers asked Judge Sullivan to dismiss the murder charges on double ...

A Florida mother left four children, 14 to 9, home for five nights. Under G.L. c. 265, § 13L, the circumstances decide whether a Massachusetts parent is charged.

Massachusetts requires a license to carry a firearm in public. Massachusetts does not recognize a license issued by any other state as a license to carry. A driver from New Hampshire, Maine, Florida, ...

A driver arrested for drunk driving in Cambridge, Arlington, or Belmont faces a criminal OUI case in the Cambridge District Court. The Cambridge District Court is not in Cambridge. The courthouse is ...

A Massachusetts gun owner who did not register a gun owned before October 2025 through the MIRCS Unified Gun Portal by October 28, 2026 has failed to register that gun. Failure to register a firearm ...

Lindsay Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse from Duxbury, was tried in Plymouth Superior Court in 2026 on three counts of murder in the first degree for the January 2023 deaths of her children, Cora, ...

An arrest in Massachusetts begins a fast sequence of police and court proceedings. Police first complete booking and must have an on-call court clerk make the initial bail determination. At the ...

In a Massachusetts prosecution that begins with a motor vehicle stop, the Commonwealth’s ability to proceed often depends on the judge’s ruling on the motion to suppress. Firearms, drug, and operating ...