Judge weighs whether former corrections commissioner should be deposed in murder trial

Judge Orders Deposition of DOC Personnel Head, But Not Ex-Commissioner Hanks in Prison Guard Murder Case

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org Ex-Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks won’t have to explain why she destroyed her notes from witness interviews she conducted in the aftermath of patient Jason Rothe’s April 2023 death at the Secure Psychiatric Unit at the men’s prison in Concord. Matthew Millar, a former corrections officer assigned to the Secure Psychiatric Unit, is headed to trial in the coming weeks on a second-degree murder ch…

Judge weighs whether former corrections commissioner should be deposed in murder trial

A judge is considering whether New Hampshire's former corrections commissioner will be deposed as part of a murder trial for one of her previous employees.