Seven years after repealing the death penalty, New Hampshire has one inmate on death row. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court declined to intervene in his case, citing statutory authority. Michael Addison has been in prison for roughly 20 years for fatally shooting Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs in 2006. In 2008, a jury sentenced […]

Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald resigned from his position on the New Hampshire Supreme Court Tuesday, the governor’s office announced, amid allegations of judicial misconduct and an unexplained medical leave. In October, New Hampshire Public Radio reported that Dianne Martin, a MacDonald ally, had received nearly $50,000 by completing an unusual personnel maneuver. Martin had been […]