SJC bans prosecutors from reward programs
Witnesses paid after conviction
In summer 2008, a New Bedford man was convicted of second-degree murder based partly on the trial testimony of two eyewitnesses who each received rewards of $2,000 from the local chamber of commerce because the case ended with a guilty verdict. (Full article: 831 words)
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