Prison, parole reform system deemed a setup for failure
A person in New Hampshire who violates the conditions of their parole is very often referred to by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (DOC) as a “Community Failure.”
Law
Employers can set a mandatory retirement age
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, 75, is stepping down from Apple’s board because of the company’s age-based restrictions for its directors, and it raises the question of ageism in Corporate America.
Opioid crisis hasn't faded
Teresa Gladstone, of Concord, lost her grandson Oliver to an overdose in 2020.
Settlement yields $2.4 million for White River Junction property cleanup
A vacant lot that was once the site of a dry cleaning business in White River Junction and has been leaching pollutants into the neighborhood will finally begin an environmental cleanup process after more than a decade of legal wrangling, under a settlement reached between the state and the property’s owner.
AG: Use of deadly force justified against Gilford teen on New Year’s Day, 2023
The officers who responded to a Gilford home more than a year ago were legally justified in using deadly force against Mischa Fay, a teenager in a mental health crisis, the attorney general's office announced on Thursday. Sergeant Douglas Wall, who shot Fay, “reasonably believed that deadly force was required to defend him and others around him from what he reasonably believed to be the use of deadly force by Mischa,” said Benjamin Agati, chief of the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office Homicide Unit.
Logan Clegg appeals conviction in Reid murders
Logan Clegg, convicted last fall of murdering Steve and Wendy Reid when they went for a walk near their Concord home, has appealed his case. He received two 50-year to life sentences, which he is currently serving at the state prison.
Prosecutors voluntarily dismiss appeal in Freeman case
An appeal by federal prosecutors over the acquittal of a charge against Keene resident Ian Freeman was voluntarily dismissed Monday, according to records filed in federal court in Concord. t, finding the evidence “insufficient,” the court records state. Prosecutors appealed the acquittal in September.
Judge to decide whether Gurley Flynn historic marker lawsuit will move forward
A Merrimack County Superior Court judge heard arguments Wednesday on whether a legal case challenging the state’s removal of a historic plaque marking the birthplace of a 20th century American labor leader should move forward. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a labor activist from Concord, who also led the U.S. Communist Party. A marker commemorating her life was removed from a downtown street corner last year following criticism from Gov. Chris Sununu and two Republican executive councilors.
Afghan Judge Geeti Roeen and family safely arrive in NH
The Honorable Geeti Roeen (along with her husband, Dr. Ziaurahman Roeen, and their three children) was safely relocated to New Hampshire in December 2023, thanks to the work of a coalition founded by a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice.
Court ruling could determine the future of a NH law restricting classroom discussions about oppression
The law prohibits New Hampshire teachers and public employers from teaching that any one group is inherently inferior, superior, racist or oppressive.
