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...Colono’s violent history was excluded from the original trial, but a judge later overturned Pring-Wilson’s conviction and called for a new trial...
...five months after the conviction, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, handed down a ruling allowing juries to consider a victim’s violent history in self-defense cases, even if the parties did not know each other beforehand...
...With the admission of the new evidence, the jury will now be able to hear about Colono’s violent past from the defense, including an incident in which Colono was arrested after throwing money in the face of a cashier at a pizzeria and shattering the glass in the front door...
...VIOLENT PAST, AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
...Nonetheless, Rivers said he was pleased with Friday’s meeting, and described Patrick’s promises as a good first step toward a better policy for fighting violent crime...