Courts and Justice

The day after Robbie Parker’s 6-year-old daughter Emilie was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Alex Jones told his followers that her murder never happened.

Authorities say a car pulled up alongside their vehicle Tuesday afternoon and opened fire, killing 20-year-old Jessiah Mercado and her four-month-old baby.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that "show cause" hearings should be held in public for 28 alleged customers of a high-end sex ring, rejecting a request by some of the defendants to keep the initial proceedings secret. The SJC also rejected a media request to release documents in the case before the hearings.

George Perrot spent more than 30 years in prison for rape until 2016, when a judge ruled the evidence against him was faulty.

The top prosecutor in Chittenden County says she doesn't expect to add hate crime charges against Jason Eaton, who is accused of shooting two Palestinian Americans and a Palestinian last year in Burlington.

The state will now have until the end of March 2025, after a judge pushed the deadline back a second time.

Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi previously filed a motion stating she would not challenge the temporary suspension while her legal case plays out.

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office alleges Aaron Goodwin was motivated by race when he assaulted Mamadou Dembele outside a Portsmouth diner last year.

Five people have been convicted following a wide-ranging investigation by NH Fish & Game into illegal hunting practices.

In a new legal filing, Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi alleges that the state’s top judge advised her in advance that a meeting with the governor wouldn’t raise concerns. That meeting is at the center of a criminal case against Hantz Marconi.