Middlesex DA’s office shows troubling attitude toward evidence
Boston Globe (subscription required) David Rossman, School of Public Health Middlesex County prosecutors had information that could have helped Aisling Brady McCarthy, the nanny accused of killing the...
View ArticleHundreds of OUI cases on hold as defendants challenge breath tests
MetroWest Daily News David Rossman, School of Law Hundreds of drunk driving cases in Massachusetts are temporarily on hold as a judge prepares to rule on whether evidence produced by alcohol...
View ArticleIs encouraging someone to kill themselves a crime? Massachusetts’ highest...
Boston.com David Rossman, School of Law After the state’s highest court hears the stomach-churning details of how Michelle Carter told her boyfriend to kill himself in the last days of his life,...
View ArticlePam Smart’s mother condemns judge’s ruling that released murder weapon
Eagle-Tribune David Rossman, School of Law Pamela Smart’s mother has filed a complaint with the New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee, objecting to the language used in a judge’s decision to release...
View ArticleDecades later, ‘Quincy model’ for domestic violence has a limited legacy
Patriot Ledger David Rossman, School of Law In 1993, a television crew from CBS’s “60 Minutes” was dispatched to Quincy to document something unusual happening in the city’s courthouse… Expert quote:...
View ArticleMan Charged With Murder For Allegedly Driving His Partner To Suicide
Huffington Post David Rossman, School of Law Who is responsible when a domestic violence victim ends her life?… Expert quote: “It leaves a lot of power in the hands of the prosecutor to bring a...
View ArticleIn Texting Suicide Case, Judge Says Michelle Carter Had A ‘Self-Created Duty’...
WBUR interviewing David Rossman, School of Law “A judge in Taunton Friday convicted 20-year-old Michelle Carter of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of her friend Conrad Roy…” Expert quote: “The...
View ArticleWill guilty verdict in teen texting suicide case lead to new laws on...
The Conversation by David Rossman, School of Law “In Massachusetts, a 17-year-old girl named Michelle Carter repeatedly urged her boyfriend, who had a history of mental illness, to kill himself…” View...
View ArticleActivists cheer pot bill provision allowing previously convicted to work in...
Boston Globe quoting David Rossman, School of Law “Tax rates and questions of local control have dominated the conversation surrounding the Legislature’s rewrite of the voter-approved marijuana law…”...
View ArticleUS woman who urged boyfriend to commit suicide to serve 15 months in jail
The Straits Times quoting David Rossman, School of Law “A judge on Thursday (Aug 3) sentenced a 20-year-old Massachusetts woman to two and a half years, with 15 months to be served behind bars, for...
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