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Aaron Stark of Deerfield sentenced to jail for vehicular homicide in 2013 that killed Montague woman
GREENFIELD — Guilty of vehicular homicide that claimed the life of an 83-year-old motorist, Aaron Stark was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs Tuesday after Judge Edward McDonough sentenced the young Deerfield man to 2½ years in the Franklin County House of Correction, one year to be served and the remainder suspended during three years of probation. McDonough in February found Stark guilty of vehicular homicide by negligent operation …
Jury weighs lawyers’ last words on bomber’s fate
BOSTON — Prosecutors and defense attorneys on Wednesday made their final appeals to the jury that will decide the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as jurors began deliberating whether the Boston Marathon bomber should get life in prison or the death penalty. “The choice between these very serious alternatives is yours and yours alone …
As jury in Boston considers life or death for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Northampton attorney David Hoose reflects on trying death penalty cases
NORTHAMPTON — Defense attorney David Hoose said he was not surprised when he started getting calls from The Boston Globe and the Christian Science Monitor, or even when The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio contacted him for interviews. The death penalty trial of convicted Boston Marathon bomber …
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As jury in Boston considers life or death for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Northampton attorney David Hoose reflects on trying death penalty cases
Lane closed near Coolidge Bridge because of Interstate 91 work results in westbound traffic backing up into Hadley
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Aaron Stark of Deerfield sentenced to jail for vehicular homicide in 2013 that killed Montague woman
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Demonstrators protest police shooting in Wis. capital
MADISON, Wis. — Protesters angry about a prosecutor’s decision not to charge a white Madison police officer for killing an unarmed biracial man staged a mock hearing outside of a courthouse Wednesday to get the result they had …
Malaysia turns away boatload of migrants
LANGKAWI, Malaysia — Malaysia has turned away a boat with more than 500 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis after providing them with fuel and provisions, a government official said Thursday. The boat was found Wednesday off the coast of …
Tekeyus Sumpter of Florence held on $10,000 bail after denying thefts from vehicles at Silk Mill Condominiums
NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Superior Court judge set bail at $10,000 for a Florence man who Wednesday denied breaking into four vehicles parked at the Silk Mill Condominiums in February. Tekeyus J. Sumpter, 42, of 29 North Main St., Florence, pleaded not guilty to three counts of breaking …
House votes to end bulk phone record collection
WASHINGTON — The House voted by a wide margin Wednesday to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records and replace it with a system to search the data held by telephone com