Rachael Rollins

Protesters held a rally Tuesday in front of District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ office to demand the reopening of cases involving Black people killed by police. Ahead of a 5 p.m. Boston2Minneapolis rally, the group Mass Action Against Police Brutality held a press conference to demand the reopening of the cases of Tamir Rice and Michael Brown, as well as...

The violence that broke out Sunday night in Boston between the remnants of a largely peaceful protest and law enforcement has caused a spat between the city’s progressive local prosecutor, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, and its police union. Rollins did not sugarcoat her outrage Monday as she called attempts by police to tamp down violence ironic. Ironic,...

Elected officials of color from across Massachusetts stood in silence on the steps of the State House — six feet apart, heads down and hands clasped — for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in a solemn representation of the final moments of George Floyd’s life. “The nine minutes of anguish and pain and suffering, calling out for his mother,” Massachusetts…

Boston’s District Attorney Rachael Rollins sends powerful message after Boston protests.

One person has died and at least five others were injured in a shooting overnight Wednesday in Dorchester.

Hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, the 24th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace unfolded online, bringing together citizens and public officials in a virtual forum to raise money for victims of homicide and share heartbreaking stories.  The event, emceed by NBC10 Boston anchor Latoyia Edwards, was sponsored by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, a Boston-based non-profit.  “We needed...

Boston Police are investigating the shooting of a 10-year-old girl in Roxbury. The girl was shot when a bullet struck through her apartment.

Suffolk County’s top prosecutor says she is working to make sure that prisoners who pose a low risk to the public and are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus are released from custody. Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced Thursday that she is working on a plan to make sure that inmates who do not pose a “meaningful risk’ to...

Fred Clay spent 38 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. After being released, he is looking to educate others. Clay was wrongfully convicted in the 1979 murder of a cab driver in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. Wednesday, the AMC Boston Common showcased much more than a film. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins joined Clay for a public…

A man who planted and detonated an improvised explosive device next to a Boston police cruiser in 2017 was found guilty on Thursday. Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced that 45-year-old Asim Kieta was sentenced to 15-18 years in state prison and five years probation on Friday. In a jury-waived trial, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Locke found Kieta guilty….

Massachusetts’ high court has ruled in favor of a Somali man in a case that tested efforts by Boston’s top prosecutor to protect immigrants from being deported for non-violent crimes.  Supreme Judicial Court Justice David Lowy ruled Tuesday that a lower court judge must honor Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ decision to drop a misdemeanor larceny charge against...

While Boston remains shocked over the deaths of a mother and her two young children who were found unconscious on a sidewalk Christmas Day, authorities have revealed more heartbreaking details about the tragedy. Questions are still swirling around the tragic fatalities and police continue to investigate the deaths, here’s what we know so far: The victims The trio was...

Immigration officials defended the agency’s policy to make arrests at state courthouses in a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked a federal judge on Friday to toss a lawsuit by Massachusetts prosecutors that argued the practice of courthouse arrests is making it harder for them to hold defendants accountable and get justice for victims....

A Dominican man accused of fatally shooting a bouncer in Boston over two decades ago was set to face a judge Monday, days after being extradited back to the United States. William Sanchez, 46, will face first-degree murder charges in the death of Jorge Medina, who was working as a bouncer at a house party in Dorchester in 1995 when...

Police are investigating Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood after a person barricaded themselves inside a home Saturday night.

The Suffolk District Attorney’s office is launching a new initiative to revisit hundreds of cold-case homicides. DA Rachael Rollins says the campaign will devote more law enforcement time and resources to unsolved murders in Suffolk County, which includes Boston.

The Suffolk District Attorney’s office has launched a new initiative to revisit hundreds of cold-case homicides.

A Boston police officer has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly hurling racist slurs at students from a Hyde Park school. The Boston Police Department said the incident happened Sept. 13 and involved an officer who belonged to the Hyde Park district and students from Roxbury Prep.

Boston’s district attorney can’t be forced to prosecute a protester arrested during the recent “straight pride” rally, a Supreme Judicial Court justice ruled Monday, according to The Boston Globe. The ruling comes after Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins filed an emergency petition last week after Boston Municipal Judge Richard Sinnott denied requests from the DA’s office to dismiss charges...