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Massachusetts Court: Suspect's wife must testify at grand jury

A murder suspect's wife could not invoke spousal privilege to avoid testifying in a grand jury proceeding against her husband, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The suspect's wife argued that the spousal privilege applied to any criminal proceeding against a witness' spouse, and thus she could not be compelled to testify. But the Massachusetts ...

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