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The Massachusetts Office of the Commissioner of Probation supervises the Massachusetts Probation Service. The Massachusetts Office of Jury Commissioner oversees the selection and management of all jurors in the Commonwealth until they appear at the courthouse. MassCourts is the case management system used by the courts. [8]
The location of the county seat was in flux for the first few years, with court and county business being held in Niles and St. Joseph. After some discussion, it was decided in 1837 to move to the more geographically central Berrien Springs. Among the first order of business, the county commissioners established the need for a courthouse and a ...
As one of the Cabinet counties, Berrien County was named for John M. Berrien of Georgia, US Attorney General (1829–1831) under US President Andrew Jackson. [1] The county was founded in 1829, and was organized in 1831, before Michigan was accepted into the Union as a state.
The Berrien County Historical Commission (later the Association) was established in 1967 to save and restore the 1839 Courthouse to its original look. [2] The Commission developed plans for the restoration of the Courthouse and began to raise funds to make these plans almost immediately.
Berrien County is the name of two counties in the United States, both named for John M. Berrien: Berrien County, Georgia; Berrien County, Michigan; Other uses.
The Massachusetts judge presiding over the Karen Read murder trial ordered the jury to continue deliberations after the jurors sent a note Friday saying they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
Jennie Loitman Barron, 1937–1959; first woman to serve as a full-time judge in Massachusetts. [27] Matthew Brown, 1962–1972; special justice of the Municipal Court of Boston [28] Margaret Burnham, 1977–1982; First African American female judge in Massachusetts [29] [30] Richard J. Chin, 1989–1993; first Asian American judge in ...
The Berrien County Courthouse closed on July 12 and increased its security as a result of the shooting. [10] A makeshift memorial was set up near the Berrien County Sheriff's Department. [ 15 ] The Berrien County Sheriff's Department pledged to review its guidelines for transporting suspects of violent crimes, [ 5 ] while judges across Michigan ...