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• Why a former Stoughton officer's murder case hinges on expert testimony.

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 75, low: 64.
• Friday: Rather cloudy and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ex Mass cop Matthew Farwell wants expert testimony on alleged gov 'pressure' on ME (bostonherald.com) — A former Stoughton police officer, Matthew Farwell, is seeking to call a forensic pathologist to testify that federal authorities may have pressured a medical examiner in the Sandra Birchmore death case. Prosecutors strongly oppose the expert's proposed testimony as speculative and inadmissible, and a federal court hearing will address pre-trial motions and jury instructions ahead of Farwell's October trial.
   

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