Sep 16, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
Four murders, four life sentences without parole. Eighteen years ago Calvin Carnes Jr. was convicted of killing four of his friends. With a mountain of evidence pointing at someone else being the…
Alison MataHostSo on January 29th of 2026, Calvin Carnes Jr. filed his second motion for a new trial in Suffolk County Superior Court.
And the case summary describes it as one of the most compelling cases of wrongful conviction currently pending in the Massachusetts courts.
Carnes has spent nearly two decades in prison, four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for a crime that, according to this motion, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests was committed by his co-defendant, Robert Turner.
Rosemary Scapicchio's motion argues this case is a window into systemic failure inside the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
But because the prosecutor who tried it, former ADA Joshua Wall, wasn't just a lying prosecutor.
Well, and during that tenure, at least 13 men convicted of murder have since been exonerated after that office withheld evidence and opposed post-conviction discovery.
And the holding there is that the prosecution has a constitutional obligation to turn over evidence favorable to the accused.
So it's evidence that points to innocence, evidence that impeaches a government witness.
So on January 29th of 2026, Calvin Carnes Jr. filed his second motion for a new trial in Suffolk County Superior Court.
And the case summary describes it as one of the most compelling cases of wrongful conviction currently pending in the Massachusetts courts.
Carnes has spent nearly two decades in prison, four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for a crime that, according to this motion, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests was committed by his co-defendant, Robert Turner.
Rosemary Scapicchio's motion argues this case is a window into systemic failure inside the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
But because the prosecutor who tried it, former ADA Joshua Wall, wasn't just a lying prosecutor.
Well, and during that tenure, at least 13 men convicted of murder have since been exonerated after that office withheld evidence and opposed post-conviction discovery.
And the holding there is that the prosecution has a constitutional obligation to turn over evidence favorable to the accused.
So it's evidence that points to innocence, evidence that impeaches a government witness.
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