The tragedy we remember today was as horrible and ugly as they come. And come they have. Repeatedly. Too often, the tragedy results in the death or serious injury of our children. Often, it is our children who perpetrate the deed. It happened again just last week. This time it…
At least 75 people were arrested yesterday by the Boston Police Department during a targeted raid in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury. The raid, called “Operation H,” took place around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning in an effort to crack down on drug deals and gang-related violence in the neighborhood before…
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has discussed the suggested procedure when law enforcement is upon you and investigating you for a possible crime. I have maintained that the safest practice is to not try to out-run, out-talk or out-fight the investigators. I suggest you invoke your right to an attorney…
As you may recall, yesterday’s Attorney Sam’s Take was as slated to continue the story of representing females in criminal cases Massachusetts violent crimes cases. Unfortunately, this post was unable to be made yesterday as planned. I apologize. However, it will greet you bright and early on Monday morning. In…
An investigation that recently led to the closure of a Massachusetts crime lab could have some defendants who were convicted of drug crimes filing their appeals. The lab, which is located in Jamaica Plain, was shut down after state police discovered that chemist Annie Dookhan did not follow testing protocols…
Yesterday, we discussed the rather dismal view of cyber-attacks against the country’s computers and, in fact, against the country itself. The situation is summed up by the words of Mike Tuchen, chief executive of the Boston data security company Rapid7 LLC. He tells us that virtually all company networks will…
When I left off in my last blog, I was making the point that more people were apt to disagree with the old adage that it is better to let 100 people guilty people go free than to send 1 innocent man to prison. It is, by the way, one…
If you needed more evidence that the Commonwealth is in the mood to slam the cell doors shut on repeat violent offenders, you got it this week. In Boston, Governor Deval Patrick held a private signing ceremony on Thursday to enact a law which removes the possibility of parole for…
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Linda Giles ordered a halt to a murder trial over concerns regarding two witnesses who were involved in a stabbing yesterday afternoon in downtown Boston. Giles noted that she is “extremely reluctant to [postpone] this trial” due to the possibility that granting a delay could “set…
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has been discussing the plight of witnesses in the Massachusetts criminal justice system. When we left off, the question came up about why, after simply being a witness, you may have to wait a long time and spend thousands of dollars before the “truth” came…