By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
A statewide grand jury declines to indict Westerly police officers in the case of a Connecticut man who died last year hours after being released from police custody. A lawyer for the man's family responded that the family will challenge the grand jury's finding that the officers' actions "were legally justified."
5 years ago today:
Intense flames rip through a County Street home in Seekonk, displacing five residents and killing a dog and five pet birds.
25 years ago today:
The Massachusetts Supreme Court strikes down the state's child pornography law, saying it was so broad that it would make it a crime for parents to take pictures of their naked toddlers.