STATE HOUSE — Special elections to fill a vacant Senate seat on the South Shore and another soon-to-be vacant seat in Greater Boston will be scheduled for May 10, according to Senate President Stanley Rosenberg's office.
Rosenberg and Minority Leader Bruce Tarr issued a joint statement on Wednesday afternoon indicating that the Senate would formally schedule the election during it first formal session of the year on Jan. 21.
BOSTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the death penalty trial of a Massachusetts man is stepping down from the case.
Gary Lee Sampson was condemned by a jury to die after pleading guilty to carjacking and killing two Massachusetts men in 2001. In 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf ordered a new sentencing trial after finding that a juror had lied about her background.
