O’Brien conviction overturned; DeLeo cleared
Ruling says prosecutors were off-base in bringing federal charges in probation scandal
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A US APPEALS COURT overturned the convictions of former state probation commissioner John O’Brien and two top aides, saying prosecutors failed to prove key elements of their case and should not have been allowed to apply federal criminal statutes to violations of Massachusetts laws. “We can conclude that O’Brien, along with the other defendants and(...)