Courts and Justice

Connecticut has resumed the erasure of low-level criminal convictions for tens of thousands of residents. More than 100,000 convictions are expected to be cleared this month.

The Trump administration is seeking to deport Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student, and Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, as part of its crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists.

The suit seeks sensitive voter information including partial Social Security numbers. The Secretary of State has said New Hampshire law prohibits sharing such information.

People abused at New Hampshire's former youth detention center sued the state after the Legislature gave the governor and attorney general more control over who settles with victims and what they are paid.

The chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court said his goal is to keep court buildings safe.

Massachusetts has one of the shortest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape, even when DNA could help prove the case.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, pleaded not guilty on Friday to new charges, including murder, related to the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont earlier this year. If convicted, Youngblut could be sentenced to death.

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Boston and Mayor Michelle Wu, saying the city's policy not to cooperate with immigration enforcement officials on non-criminal matters violates federal law.

Jason Nicholas applied for a fishing guide license in New Hampshire and two other states, where he ran into decades-old regulations that prohibit people with felony records from becoming guides.

Lamb's new novel explores addiction, forgiveness and the injustice that exists in prison today.