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 ...

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 ...

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.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Suffolk County Superior Court, cites a state Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decision that declared it unconstitutional for judges to sentence anyone younger than 21 to life ...

A Massachusetts school district's policy against notifying parents without a student's consent if the child asks to use a ...

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 ...