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Hampshire College: Social Justice Professor Was Sexual Harasser

Matthew McDonald

A late law professor at Hampshire College who taught social justice likely sexually harassed multiple females, college officials said.

In response the college has removed his name from a room dedicated to his memory and from an endowed fund in his name.

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Judge To DAs: Fork Over Records

Matthew McDonald

A judge has ordered the district attorneys of Worcester County, Plymouth County, and the Cape and Islands to turn over records concerning the cases they prosecuted to a newspaper that requested them.

The Suffolk Superior Court judge rejected the district attorneys' argument that the records are protected by attorney-client privilege. The judge also rejected an argument that a law that protects the privacy of convicts prevented making the records public.

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