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Brian McGrory

A mystery on the side

Within the drama of Thursday’s acquittal of one suspect and the hung jury on the gunman in the trial of the quadruple murders in Mattapan, a legal mini-drama spilled from the jury room at Suffolk Superior Court to the judge’s bench - one that is equal parts unusual and, to many, infuriating.

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