NEW BEDFORD (MA)
The Standard-Times
By DAVID KIBBE, Standard-Times staff writer
Renee P. Dupuis of New Bedford, the first assistant district attorney for Bristol County, was nominated by Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday to become associate justice of the Juvenile Court in Suffolk County.
Dupuis, who has been at the Bristol County District Attorney's Office since 1986, has prosecuted more than 30 murder trials. She was previously the director of the office's Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit and was chief trial counsel. ...
Last year, Dupuis prosecuted a civil commitment case against pedophile priest James R. Porter to keep him in prison after his original sentence expired, arguing he was a danger to the community. Porter died behind bars at the age of 70.
Walsh said Dupuis' experience in the Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit, which she led for about 10 years, made her particularly well suited for the Juvenile Court bench.