Nation IN BRIEF : MASSACHUSETTS : Stuart Case Lawyer May Break Privilege

Prosecutors want the lawyer of Charles Stuart, who apparently committed suicide after his wife’s mysterious shooting death, to break attorney-client privilege, two Boston newspapers reported. Suffolk County prosecutors are seeking to force lawyer John T. Dawley to tell a grand jury what he knows of the events surrounding the October, 1989, shooting that left Carol Stuart and her prematurely born son dead. Superior Court Judge James Donohue has asked the state’s appellate court to rule on the prosecutors’ request, which came during a closed hearing last month, the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe reported.