Juan Rafael Torruella del Valle Sr. was a Puerto Rican jurist. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1984 until his death,and as chief judge of that court from 1994 to 2001. He was the first Hispanic to serve on the First Circuit,which includes Puerto Rico.
Ralph Karl Winter Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Levin Hicks Campbell is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Sandra Lea Lynch is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to serve on that court. Lynch served as chief judge of the First Circuit from 2008 to 2015.
Fred Irving Parker was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
The Judicial Conference of the United States,formerly known as the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges,was created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States. The Conference derives its authority from 28 U.S.C. § 331,which states that it is headed by the chief justice of the United States and consists of the chief justice,the chief judge of each court of appeals federal regional circuit,a district court judge from various federal judicial districts,and the chief judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
Garland Ellis Burrell Jr. is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Gustavo Antonio GelpíJr. is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a former chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Willis Beverly Hunt Jr. is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Nora Margaret Manella is the Presiding Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal,Division Four and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Joseph Henry McKinley Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Douglas Preston Woodlock is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Born in Connecticut,Woodlock graduated from Yale College and worked as a journalist before attending Georgetown University Law Center. After graduating,Woodlock was a lawyer in private practice at the law firm of Goodwin,Procter &Hoar,and had stints at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Appointed to the federal bench in 1986,Woodlock presided over a number of noteworthy cases and was a key figure in the construction of the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on the Boston waterfront. He assumed senior status in 2015.
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She was previously a Rhode Island Superior Court justice.
Capital punishment,more commonly known as the death penalty,was a legal form of punishment from 1620 to 1984 in Massachusetts,United States. This practice dates back to the state's earliest European settlers. Those sentenced to death were hanged. Common crimes punishable by death included religious affiliations and murder.
The Boston Municipal Court (BMC),officially the Boston Municipal Court Department of the Trial Court,is a department of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,United States. The court hears criminal,civil,mental health,restraining orders,and other types of cases. The court also has an appellate division which reviews questions of law that arise from civil matters filed in the eight divisions of the department.
William Joseph Kayatta Jr. is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit since 2013.
Dzhokhar Anzorovich Tsarnaev is an American terrorist of Chechen and Avar descent who was convicted of perpetrating the Boston Marathon bombing. Dzhokhar and his older brother,Tamerlan Tsarnaev,planted pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the race,killing four people and injuring 264 others.
The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15,2013,began on March 4,2015,in front of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts,nearly two years after the pre-trial hearings. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's attorney,Judy Clarke,opened by telling the jurors that her client and his older brother,Tamerlan Tsarnaev,planted a bomb killing three and injuring hundreds,as well as murdering an MIT police officer days later. In her 20-minute opening statement,Clarke said:"There's little that occurred the week of April the 15th ... that we dispute." Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 counts and has been sentenced to death by lethal injection for his crimes.
John Gilpin Heyburn II was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Heyburn served as the Chief Judge of the Court between 2001 and 2008.
Myong Jin Joun is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He previously served as an associate judge of the Boston Municipal Court.
