The question here is whether or not one juror’s posting of information about the bombing on social media somehow infected the trial and potentially deprived Tsarnaev of his right to a fair trial. Unless we have stronger evidence than just the mere fact that he posted on social media, I’m not sure this claim rises to the level of reversible error.”
Listen back: On WGBH’s Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed talks about the legal implications in the impeachment against President Trump, and what could happen once he leaves office.
The New York Times looks to Professor Woodrow Hartzog for advice on what to do when someone gives you a surveillance device for a holiday present.
Diffusing the concentration of homeless can make “it seem like things are better, but it further marginalizes and makes it harder for them to access services,” Professor Leo Beletsky, faculty director of Health in Justice Action Lab, tells The Boston Globe. “Such a move can also lead to upticks in overdoses and HIV infections.”
Congratulations to Maura Healey ’98, the newly elected governor of Massachusetts! The first woman and first openly gay person elected to the role in Mass., Healey is also the first openly lesbian woman to be elected governor in the US.
A jury anywhere in the country might have decided that this young man should be executed, but at least would have a sense that it was a group of people who were dispassionate, Professor Michael Meltsner tells Boston 25 News. Meltsner has signed on to an amicus brief supporting Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s request to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for a new death penalty trial.
As the Massachusetts Harm Reduction Commission prepares to release its final report on safe on consumption sites, Professor Leo Beletsky, a member of the 15-person panel, comments for The Boston Globe: “Our Commonwealth has been on the vanguard of advancing a public-health approach…We’ve done a lot of very pioneering work that moves the needle on health care toward more public health approach, so it actually fits in with that overall paradigm.”
Professor Daniel Medwed joins WGBH News to discuss recent developments at the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court: I think the most notable recent decision concerns a Massachusetts law that punishes people for profiting from sex trafficking — so-called pimps.”
Join President Aoun and the Northeastern community in paying homage to homage to the life and values of Dr. King through the power of film, music and conversation. This event will feature the premier of Murder in Mobile, a short documentary about NUSL’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic (CRRJ) and one family’s untold story of race and justice. The screening will be followed by a dialogue with Professor Margaret Burnham, director of CRRJ, and Roderick L. Ireland, former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Featuring music by Danielle Ponder ’11.