Smart has served over 30 years of a life sentence for plotting with her teenage lover to kill her husband in 1990.
New England
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Judge affirms placing Massachusetts tribal lands into trust
The decision was the latest in a legal battle spanning 3 presidential administrations over tribal land and whether the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has the right to build a casino.
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Posted inNew England, News
Three fishermen die after falling through ice in Vermont
Meanwhile, in Maine, two men riding an ATV broke through the ice on Sunday and were rescued by a game warden and sheriff’s deputy in Searsmont.
Posted inNew England
New Hampshire students protest urinal ban in gender debate
Dozens walked out of their Milford school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity.
Posted inNew England
Massachusetts lobstermen sue to block closure meant to aid whales
The closure blocked off about 200 square miles of Massachusetts Bay from lobster fishing until the end of April.
Posted inNew England, News
Prosecutors say Massachusetts woman planned the killings of her 3 children
Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Lindsay Clancy, 32, to charges of murder.
Posted inNew England, News, Religion and Values
Massachusetts diocese publishes nameless clergy abuse report
Boston Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who has worked on many priest abuse cases for decades, called the report a ‘self-serving document’ by a diocese that ‘has allowed the wholesale sexual abuse of children for decades.’
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts woman to be arraigned in deaths of her three children
An attorney for Lindsay Clancy says medications trapped her in ‘a living hell.’
Posted inNation & World, New England
Vermont school bans spectators after fight at game turns deadly
A 60-year-old man died Tuesday after a brawl broke out at a middle school basketball game.
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Federal regulators clear connection obstacle in fight over CMP corridor project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled Wednesday that equipment must be upgraded at a New Hampshire power plant so the transmission line can connect to the regional grid.