Crime & Justice

Hearing For Marathon Bombing Suspect Postponed

May 21, 2013

BOSTON — A probable cause hearing scheduled for next week has been delayed until July 2.

No New Trial In Deadly MBTA Shooting

May 21, 2013

BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts has refused to grant a new trial to two men convicted in a subway shooting that killed a passenger’s unborn baby.

Dozens Arrested In Boston Gang Sweep

May 21, 2013

BOSTON — Many of the defendants face cocaine and heroin trafficking charges.

Judge: Lawyers Can Get Tsarnaev Prison Records

May 21, 2013

BOSTON — The judge said prison officials should give attorneys daily activity logs, suicide watch logs, psychology data files, photographs, commissary files and other records.

‘Bad Chemistry’: WBUR Analysis Of Drug Lab Crisis

May 20, 2013

An original multimedia journalism site launches today on WBUR.org, providing original analysis on more than two million pieces of data related to the Jamaica Plain drug lab scandal.

Bulger Prosecutors Object To Giving Informant ID

May 20, 2013

BOSTON — Prosecutors say they are not required to provide the name of the informant who gave information about former Bulger associates.

Still, A Question Persists: How Big Is Drug Lab Crisis?

May 19, 2013

So far, officials have compiled more than 2 million records related to all drugs tested at the now-closed Hinton state drug lab. But the crisis’ full scope remains an ongoing question.

Annie Dookhan And The Massachusetts Drug Lab Crisis

May 19, 2013
Annie Dookhan leaves Suffolk Superior Court after being arraigned Dec. 20, 2012. (Joe Spurr/WBUR)

Annie Dookhan has been criminally charged with deliberately manipulating drug tests at the Hinton State Laboratory in Jamaica Plain, Mass., compromising at least 34,000 cases.

Mass. Lawmaker: Recoup Benefits From Terrorists

May 18, 2013

BOSTON — Gloucester state Sen. Bruce Tarr is offering the proposal as an amendment to the Senate version of the state budget.

Boston Police, City To Review Bombings Response

May 18, 2013

LOWELL, Mass. — Police Commissioner Ed Davis could not say when the investigations will start, but he expects them to take “a few months.”

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