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Norfolk County Endorsements
December 4, 2025
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Morrissey must resign (Video)
June 19, 2025
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Dedham lawyer announces bid for Norfolk County district attorney
September 18, 2024
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The 2026 race that’s already heating up
September 17, 2024
Djuna Perkins, a longtime attorney with a history of prosecuting domestic violence & sexual abuse cases, is running for DA in Norfolk County as the office faces criticism for it’s handling of two high-profile cases.
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Trooper Firing Spurs Comment from Norfolk DA Candidate
March 20, 2025
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Dedham Democrat Djuna Perkins running for Norfolk County DA Michael Morrissey’s job
September 17, 2024
A former Suffolk County prosecutor with experience in domestic violence cases announced Tuesday a Democratic bid for Norfolk County district attorney, the heavily scrutinized post responsible for the prosecution of Karen Read and probe into Sandra Birchmore’s death.
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Beyond the Karen Read Verdict: DA Michael Morrissey and the Scandal Still Haunting Massachusetts
July 23, 2025
After the first trial ended with a hung jury last summer, Morrissey hired a special prosecutor to lead the charge against Read a second time. The county paid Whitey Bulger’s former defense lawyer Hank Brennan $566,000 to try the case—because top prosecutors in the DA’s office wouldn’t touch it, sources told VF last year. Djuna Perkins, a former assistant district attorney in Suffolk County hoping to unseat Morrissey in the 2026 election, estimates that Morrissey spent about $1 million on the second trial—more than a third of his office’s entire operating budget. (Asked about this claim, Morrissey’s office told VF it did not yet know the total cost of the trial.) In the end, the jury only found Read guilty of operating under the influence of liquor. For that misdemeanor, Read was sentenced to one year probation.