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...

Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins cannot be forced by a judge to prosecute a protester arrested at the recent “straight pride” parade.

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins is petitioning for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to intervene after a judge declined to drop charges against counterprotesters arrested during the “straight pride” parade.

A hearing on the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali is scheduled. A judge is slated to hear arguments Wednesday from lawyers at a pre-trial hearing in Boston Municipal Court. It’s not immediately clear what issues will be addressed.

A hearing has been held in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali. A spokeswoman for Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Batali didn’t attend Friday’s hearing at Boston Municipal Court and wasn’t required to. She also said no trial date was set. The case returns to court Sept. 4.

A hearing in the case against Mario Batali is scheduled for Friday.

A Massachusetts man is facing multiple charges for allegedly raping two foster children who were in his care. Michael Diaz, 33, of Chelsea, was arrested July 19 on nine counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, six counts of aggravated rape of a child under 16 and one count of distributing matter harmful to a minor....

Boston’s district attorney is not pursuing charges against 18 people arrested outside a Boston jail during a protest against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins filed court papers ending the prosecution in the cases, she said Wednesday.

Boston police have yet to reveal the name of the 19-year-old man who was shot and killed after he allegedly fired a gun at two officers Monday in Dorchester. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office says it is investigating the shooting that left a teen suspect dead on Pennhallow Street. According to police, the confrontation came after officers responded to...