Vassell granted prosecutorial records

AMHERST, MASS. (WWLP) - New details in the case of a former UMass student charged with stabbing two men in his dorm. 

A single justice on the state's highest court has ruled that Jason Vassell can see five years worth of prosecutor's records.

Lawyers for Vassell requested the records to determine whether there is a pattern of racially tinged prosecutions.

Vassell, who is black, is charged with aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for allegedly stabbing two white non-students in February of last year.