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Each tracker follows one judge's sentences and key rulings in serious criminal cases, showing what the judge did, what each side asked and how it compared with what the law allowed.
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Denise Jefferson Casper is chief judge of the federal court in Massachusetts. She presided over the trial of former Stoughton officer Matthew Farwell, whom a jury convicted on Nov. 10, 2026, and she set his sentencing for Feb. 3, 2027. President Obama nominated her in 2010. A former federal and state prosecutor, she presided over the 2013 Whitey Bulger trial. Federal judges serve for life.
Nominated by the president, confirmed by the Senate; on the bench since 2010
U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Joseph Dawson III is a federal district judge in South Carolina, nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed 56-39 in December 2020. He presides over United States v. John Paul Miller, a federal cyberstalking and false-statements case in which the defendant has pleaded not guilty. In 2022, the Fourth Circuit's Judicial Council publicly reprimanded him over a payment deal with his former employer, Charleston County.
Nominated by the president, confirmed by the Senate; on the bench since 2020
William F. Sullivan is a Massachusetts Superior Court judge presiding over Lindsay Clancy's murder case in Plymouth County. Gov. Deval Patrick appointed him in 2014. He is a former prosecutor and longtime defense lawyer. Massachusetts judges must retire at 70.
Appointed by the governor; on the bench since 2014
James S. “Jim” Jamo is an Ingham County Circuit Court judge, first elected in 2012 after 28 years as a civil litigator. He sentenced Marshawn James Curtis to 17.5 to 80 years in the untested-rape-kit case, at the top of the guidelines. He also sits on the state's business court.
Keith O. Gregory is a Wake County, N.C., Superior Court judge who presided over the Faith Hedgepeth murder trial in Durham County and sentenced Miguel Salguero-Olivares to life without parole on Oct. 23, 2026. Gov. Roy Cooper appointed him in 2018, and he won election that November. A former prosecutor and defense lawyer, he won re-election unopposed on Nov. 3, 2026, according to unofficial results.
Miami County Court of Common Pleas, General Division
Jeannine N. Pratt has been a judge of the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio, since February 2015, after 18 years as a county assistant prosecutor. She presided over the 2026 murder trial of Caleb Flynn and on Oct. 5, 2026, sentenced him to life in prison without parole. She was re-elected without opposition Nov. 3, 2026.
William R. “Bill” Goodman III is a Tennessee circuit judge for Montgomery and Robertson counties, elected in 2014 and re-elected unopposed in 2022. Matthew Konen entered his 2021 not-guilty plea in Goodman's courtroom; news reports haven't named the judge who presided at Konen's 2026 trial. Goodman practiced law for 37 years, most recently in Springfield, Tenn., before taking the bench.
Bench Watch logs the official numbers on Michigan's previously untested rape kits, including how many were found, tested and prosecuted, by date and by who reported them. The sources don't always agree, so we show each figure with its date and source, not as a trend.
Covers 2009–2026 · 10 figures · Updated November 14, 2026
Photos: Joseph Dawson III: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons; Denise Jefferson Casper: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons; Michigan's untested rape kits, by the numbers: Photo: Tony Webster / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped).
