In 1989, James Carver was sentenced to life in prison for starting a fire at a rooming house in Beverly that killed 15 people. A judge granted him a new trial last week, ruling that new ...

James Carver sits in his wheelchair at the defense table during an evidentiary hearing at the Lawrence courthouse on April 10, 2024. The man who has been serving consecutive life sentences for the ...

BEVERLY — A judge has ordered a new trial ... science that he said “cast real doubt” on the justice of James Carver’s conviction on 15 counts of second-degree murder, and ordered that ...

Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker says his office will appeal a judge’s decision to grant James Carver a new trial ... fire that killed 15 people in Beverly, was finally successful ...