Ex-Federal Judge Gertner Discusses Overturned Convictions In Probation Dept. Corruption Case

Former Massachusetts Probation Commissioner John O'Brien and two top aides convicted two years ago on federal corruption charges related to a Probation Department patronage scandal will not be going to prison.

A federal appeals court judge has thrown out their 2014 convictions, calling patronage distasteful — but not illegal. The judge also said that federal prosecutors overstepped their bounds.

For more, we turned to WBUR legal analyst Nancy Gertner, a former federal judge.