An earlier post provided links to articles on the SJC opinion in Commonwealth v. Magadini, as well as coverage in the State House News Service: http://intranet.publiccounsel.net/blog/2016/06/27/state-house-news-article-relative-to-the-necessity-defense-commonwealth-v-magadini/
Here is the latest news coverage relative to the “necessity Defense”, http://sparechangenews.net/2016/08/court-case-result-counters-trend-criminalization-homelessness/