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SJC: Boston City Council was wrong to remove Chuck Turner

By Andrew Ryan

 |  Globe Staff  

  June 15, 2012

The state’s highest court ruled today that the Boston City Council overstepped its authority when it removed Chuck Turner from office after his bribery conviction. The ruling is a civil matter and does not impact Turner’s criminal conviction or the three-year sentence he is serving in federal prison. But the decision by the Supreme Judicial Court does give Turner a victory in his long legal battle and could make him eligible for an estimated $11,000 in back pay. The case will now return to federal court, which had asked for the state court’s opinion.

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