Judge Dread
On Monday afternoon -- a few hours after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) upheld his 2005 triumph in a libel case against the Boston Herald -- Superior Court judge Ernest Murphy took the microphone at a celebratory press conference and waxed dramatic about the ruling. "I believe that this decision is a clarion call for the media to understand that the independence of the judiciary is fundamental to the democratic process," Murphy announced. ... Full Story »
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