When a person who has been accused of a crime has not been arrested, charges may be brought against him/her through a written application that is heard at a Clerk-Magistrate’s Hearing (which is also known as a Show Cause Hearing.) At the hearing, the Clerk-Magistrate hears evidence and decides whether a criminal complaint should issue. […]
If you were to walk into any courthouse in Massachusetts on any given day, you would find many cases in which the defendant is accused of some type of domestic crime. Violence and threats of violence between household members is taken very seriously in Massachusetts. Depending upon the act of domestic abuse alleged, a person […]
In November of 2008, voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize possession of less than an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana by passing Question 2, An Act Establishing a Sensible Marijuana Policy. The ballot question provided that the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana was to be punished only as a civil offense, […]