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Feb 10, 2024 · Supreme Judicial Court Repeals Rule 3:16 Requiring Newly Admitted Lawyers to Complete Practicing with Professionalism Course. 8/19/2024 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Press Release.
Former Massachusetts chief justice says Supreme Court judges …
10 hours ago · November 13, 2024. The former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has some advice for young voters who are concerned about the accountability of the U.S. Supreme Court. “If I were an American aged 21, I would start working to amend our Constitution so there were time limits,” Margaret Marshall told Boston Public ...
Karen Read's defense makes case to dismiss some charges ... - CBS News
Nov 6, 2024 · The state's Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments from Read's defense and the prosecution about whether two criminal charges should be dismissed. Read sat with her family inside the courtroom on ...
'The judge must ask': Karen Read's lawyers make a case to Massachusetts …
3 days ago · The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court typically issues written decisions within 130 days of oral arguments. Read's defense team is seeking to have charges of second-degree murder and leaving ...
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6 days ago · See the most recent published opinions and unpublished decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court.
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A chief justice and six associate justices make up the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). The seven justices hear appeals on a broad range of criminal and civil cases from September to May and issue written opinions that are posted online.
Karen Read's appeal to be heard by full panel on ... - CBS News
Sep 20, 2024 · BOSTON - A single justice for the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that Karen Read's appeal to dismiss two charges will be heard by the full panel before a decision is made.
Adults younger than 21 cannot be sentenced to life without ... - WBUR
Jan 11, 2024 · In a landmark split ruling, Massachusetts' highest court declared it unconstitutional for judges to sentence anyone under the age of 21 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Wolohojian sworn in as Mass. Supreme Judicial Court justice
Apr 22, 2024 · Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian officially joined Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court on Monday morning, taking her oaths of office from Gov. Maura Healey in the ceremonial corner office at the State House.
Renewed calls for western Mass. representation as Healey picks …
Dec 8, 2023 · The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Monday will hear a case seeking to overturn the state's mid-20th century switchblade law on Second Amendment grounds.
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