Boston Blotter: Father's Day Beating Victim Dies

-- Nathaniel Turner, the 7-year-old boy who was hospitalized after his father allegedly beat him within inches of his life on Father's Day, was taken off life support. His father, 36-year-old Leslie Schuler, now faces murder charges. Authorities are trying to determine why Turner was in Worcester in the first place. He had previously lived with his maternal grandmother in Alabama until recently. His grandmother evidently believed that his father had been given visitation or custody, a claim that Massachusetts court officials deny. The case has stirred some conservative Democratic legislators to openly discuss reinstating the death penalty, which the Herald gleefullly reports. Classy. [Globe, Herald]

-- Humberto Guzman, who was wrongfully convicted on cocaine smuggling charges in 1990, has won the right to apply for a $500,000 erroneous conviction award in state appeals court yesterday. [Globe]

-- The newspapers have been combing over the prosecution's discovery filings in the Craigslist Killer case. It looks like gambling receipts are going to play a big role in the prosecution's case. Also listed: 45 $100 bills and a print-out of a Craigslist erotic services ad. [Herald, Globe]

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