ruling was rendered on March 23, 2007. The SJC unanimously upheld LaGuer's conviction. Soon after the decision a former caretaker to the victim stepped forward with new information about the victim's state of mind before and after the crime which raised previously unknown questions about the reliability of her identification. In March 2009, retired Superior Court Judge Isaac Borentstein took the case. On December 15, 2021, the University of Massachusetts announced that the Robert S. Cox Special Collections & University Archives had acquired LaGuer's prison papers and was making them the center of a repository of a growing collection relating to LaGuer's case, life, and emerging legacy. Further reading Allen Fletcher, (January 18, 1987), "Inmate From Leominster Struggles to Win Freedom", Telegram & Gazette. John King (September 16, 1987), "LaGuer's Struggle for Freedom", Associated Press. John Strahinich, (October 1987), "A Reasonable Doubt", Boston Magazine. Francis Connelly, (November 27, 1987) "Toward A Reasonable Doubt", Boston Phoenix. David Arnold, (April 12, 1988), "A Convict Argues for his Freedom: Has Fought 5 Years to be Cleared of Rape", The Boston Globe. Michael Krasner, (May 10, 1989), "Bid for New Trial by Leominster Man focus of PBS Show", Telegram & Gazette. Andrew Baron, (July 12, 1989), "Why Can't This Man Get A New Trial", Worcester Magazine. John Strahinich, (October 1989), "Obsession: When a Reporter Has Finished with the Story, But the Story has not finished with the Reporter", Boston Magazine. John Hashimoto, (January 4, 1991), "Justice Denied: Did Racist Remarks Taint the Jury of Ben LaGuer?", Boston Phoenix. Sean Flynn, (August 30, 1991), "Oxymoronic: for Ben LaGuer, There's No Justice in the System", Boston Phoenix. Timothy Sandler, (August 13, 1993), "Ben LaGuer Gets One Shot At Redemption", Boston Phoenix. Allen Fletcher, (July 14, 1993), "Citizen LaGuer: A Life on Hold", Worcester Magazine. John Taylor, (1994 May), "And the Truth Shall Set Him Free. Or Will It?", Esquire Magazine. Mark Jurkowitz, (January 9, 1996), "The Best PR Man Behind Bars: Lifer Masters the Media, Pitching his Innocence", The Boston Globe. Eric Goldscheider, (June 20, 2006), "Convicted Rapist Deserves a New Trial", Worcester Telegram & Gazette. References External links The Benjamin LaGuer papers, 1984-2000 (bulk 1998-2000) are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA. African-American people Puerto Rican rapists Puerto Rican activists Puerto Rican prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Massachusetts People from the Bronx