Man who was convicted for 1984 Beverly fire gets chance for new …
Dec 30, 2024 · Carver, 60, has maintained innocence and appealed, claiming new evidence would prove that other people set the fire. He has multiple chronic conditions and has used a …
Man convicted for 1984 Beverly fire that killed 15 granted new trial
Dec 31, 2024 · 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, …
New trial is ordered in 1984 arson case - PressReader
Dec 30, 2024 · it’s now up to the Essex District attorney Paul F. Tucker’s office to decide whether to retry james Carver, 61, who has spent the past three and a half decades in prison after a …
Judge orders new trial in deadly 1984 Beverly rooming house fire
Dec 31, 2024 · In a ruling last week, Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Karp cited advances in fire and eyewitness science that he said “cast real doubt” on the justice of James Carver’s conviction …
Judge denies medical parole for man convicted of killing 15
Dec 31, 2021 · James Carver, 57, who is serving 15 consecutive life terms for second-degree murder in connection with the fire in Beverly, and uses a wheelchair, cited several medical …
Man convicted for 1984 Beverly fire that killed 15 granted new trial
Jan 1, 2025 · Local News A rooming house in Beverly went up in flames in 1984, leading to the conviction of James Carver.
40 years later, Carver still seeking new trial in deadly Elliott ...
Apr 15, 2024 · James Carver is wheeled in to Lawrence Superior Court for a hearing Friday on his request for a new trial. Carver was convicted of arson and 15 counts of second-degree murder …
Carver tries for fifth time to win a new trial in 1984 arson deaths
Jul 25, 2022 · BEVERLY — James Carver has spent more than three decades in prison for the deaths of 15 people killed in the Elliott Chambers rooming house fire in 1984, which a jury …
SJC denies medical parole for Carver | News | salemnews.com
Apr 3, 2023 · BEVERLY — The state’s highest court has upheld a decision denying medical parole to James Carver, the man convicted of setting a fire that killed 15 people in the Elliott …
Judge denies medical parole for Mass. man convicted of killing …
Dec 31, 2021 · James Carver, 57, who is serving 15 consecutive life terms for second-degree murder in connection with the fire in Beverly, and uses a wheelchair, cited several medical …