Courts and Justice

After nearly a week of deliberations and a last-ditch appeal from the defense to the Supreme Judicial Court, the jury of nine women and three men failed to reach a verdict as to whether Lindsay Clancy, 36, should be held criminally responsible for her children's deaths.

Last year’s policy updates at the Department of Corrections significantly expanded the population of incarcerated people subject to “risk containment” status.

The Human Rights Commission filed a discrimination complaint against the Vermont Department of Corrections earlier this year after legal advocates raised concerns about how the department treated non-English speakers in its custody.

Lawyers for the victim allege failures years ago by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families caused him to endure decades of abuse.

As much as $224 million is expected to come to New Hampshire as part of a $17 billion multistate settlement with Meta focusing on protecting children who use the social media network.

The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.

The lawsuit brought by Rye Harbor Lobster Pound accuses state regulators of unfairly targeting the business, after it saw a surge in popularity in the early years of the pandemic.

Most of the demonstrators were women who said they sympathized with Clancy's effort to get postpartum mental health treatment. The Duxbury woman is on trial for killing her three children in 2023.

Camp Menotomy on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire is at the center of a legal dispute involving the Arlington Girl Scouts. The Middlesex Probate and Family Court will decide if the camp shall remain a camp or be sold to a land developer.

Some legal observers say the military lawyers have obligations to follow orders, and that could conflict with the traditional goal of providing fair hearings in immigration court.