The notes from last month’s experiment are, at the least, a compelling glance at the river of data flowing through our local courts every single day. At best, they offer a new angle on approaching larger questions: how do we get to a place where public court data is more accessible?

A few weeks ago we asked our regular viewers to tell us why they tuned in to watch OpenCourt, what they learned from watching and what we could do in the future. Here’s what we heard from them.

An 18-year-old accused of murdering three people in Weymouth in November will remain detained without bail following a status hearing today in Quincy District Court.

I was listening to court proceedings in Judge Diane Moriarty’s case one day in late October, when out of the murk of the fairly routine business of the court, a lawyer actually cited the name of a case in his argument: Padilla vs. Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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On Thursday, December 1, five men were arrested in Weymouth on a drug sting at a convenience store parking lot. One, Joshua Desmond, was charged with selling heroin, and the other four of buying.

When we heard during Donald Rudolph’s November 14 arraignment on triple murder charges that the teenager had been to the court several times in the past few months, we went into our archives to see if we could find any of the cases.

Harvard’s Berkman Center For Internet and Society streamed a presentation and discussion of the OpenCourt project today. View the full video.

Four people were arraigned this morning on murder charges in the shooting death of a man in Randolph over the weekend. The defendants were ordered held without bail and near the conclusion of the hearing, audience members began shouting and the courtroom devolved into chaos.

On Monday, December 5, OpenCourt will be hosting a cooperative coverage day event at Quincy District Court to capture the breadth of everything that occurs there in one day. If you are interested to be a contributor, please contact us for further details: