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Bristol County report on suicide deaths leaves out key details
Nine months ago Kellie Pearson was driving in Fall River when she got a frantic call from her daughter telling her to call the Bristol County jail… -
Lawsuits add up over Bristol County jail inmate suicides
Barbara Kice wants justice for her son, who hanged himself in 2015 in the Bristol County House of Correction. The jail, all by itself, accounts for more… -
Sheriff Office sued for alleged prisoner mistreatment
Three inmates with mental illnesses filed a lawsuit against staff at the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office this week alleging they were treated to… -
Massachusetts man released on bail 32 years after 1986 murder conviction vacated
BROCKTON — Darrell Jones walked out of a courthouse Thursday afternoon after his release on bail more than 30 years after being convicted for a murder he… -
After 30 years denying he was a murderer, Darrell Jones will get a new trial
Darrell Jones has steadfastly maintained his innocence in a murder that has kept him in prison for more than three decades. On Tuesday, on his third… -
Should state change compensation law for wrongfully convicted?
Public defenders, advocates and former inmates whose convictions were overturned are meeting at the Massachusetts statehouse on Monday to call for changes… -
Three decades later, juror tries to set record straight
More than 30 years after Eleanor Urbati, a white Hingham resident, reluctantly helped convict a 19-year-old black man of first-degree murder, she… -
Embattled Mental Health Provider Faces New Fine From OSHA
The federal agency that monitors workplace dangers has issued a $207,000 fine against a private psychiatric hospital in Lowell for failing to protect its… -
Convicted at age 16, man freed 38 years later as innocent man
Thirty-eight years after being convicted for a murder based in part on witness testimony given under hypnosis, Frederick Clay walked out of Suffolk… -
Judge asks jurors in 1985 murder case about bias allegations
More than 30 years after a Plymouth County jury found 19-year-old Darrell Jones guilty of a Brockton murder, three jurors appeared in court Tuesday to…