Courts and Justice

After ICE agents “wrongfully” detained a high school intern at a Providence courthouse, the state’s highest-ranking judge said the legal system will consider making virtual hearings more accessible

On Friday, House leadership stripped Rep. Bryan Morse of Franklin of his committee assignment following his arrest on ‘revenge porn’ charges.

Patrick Goulet used employee discounts — his and his co-workers’ — to purchase several hundred guns that he later resold on social media platforms without a license, according to prosecutors.

After briefly returning to the bench following her criminal conviction in October, Justice Hantz Marconi, who will reach the mandatory retirement age in three months, informed colleagues Friday she will focus on administrative tasks.

After learning that Logan Clegg had purchased a one-way plane ticket to Germany, authorities asked Verizon to provide his cell phone location without first obtaining a warrant.

‘This should never happen in America,’ said federal judge John J. McConnell, Jr. The federal government says it plans to appeal.

State prosecutors sent letters to a range of officials — including Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald — instructing them not to destroy any records related to a $50,000 payout.

Marconi was accused of leaking confidential boating records against a rival. He told reporters Friday that he acted without "malice."

Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to provide SNAP benefits. But it's unclear how much, or when, those funds would be provided before the funding runs dry.

A Boston federal judge suggested she was not persuaded by the Trump administration's argument that it is legally barred from using a USDA emergency fund to keep the SNAP benefits coming.