Hey, remember when “No” meant “No”? Well, unfortunately, people are still committing sex crimes. So, California is going a step further with its enforcement of such crimes. The state’s new rule will be that “Yes means yes”. By statute, in fact. Such an approach is not really new. I have…
As we start today’s blog, hoping for a more regular posting schedule than the last couple of weeks (again), we turn to the transition occurring for our kids. Namely, the school year is ending. This week, I plan to start and end the week with stories related to school-related matters.…
We now return to the predicament I left you in early last week. You can find it here. A couple of weeks have gone by since your arraignment. The outlook has changed a little bit. While you were muddling through your “adventures” in the local jail, combating isolation, humiliation and…
In my last blog, I mentioned that I wanted to give you a taste of what it is like to be charged with the particularly nasty crime of sexual assault. In that blog, I described some of the problems you would likely face should the charges against you be dismissed.…
Today, on the Boston Herald website, Bob McGovern has posted a column entitled “Full Court Press: ‘Nolle’ process feels inadequate to innocent”. It is well worth reading and reflects a part of the message which this blog has long been trying to convey. He tells about Ross Currier, a 26-year-old…
Josh Wairi, 27, of Somerville, and hereinafter, the “Defendant”, was arrested Thursday. He is now being held without bail in federal custody until he faces a detention hearing on Wednesday. We began discussing this case on Friday. The Defendant is/was a 5th grade teacher in Cambridge and has allegedly made…
Josh Wairi, is/was a 27-year-old Somerville resident and 5th grade teacher at the Garham and Parks School. The school is in my stomping grounds…Cambridge…not far from my primary office. Any thought of presumption of innocence aside, you will not be finding him at that school anymore, at least in the…
Ok, it would seem we have the figurative elephant in the room here. Last week, I referred to the media coverage of a new case of mine that has videos all over the internet. Some of that publicity has brought me various questions from media and responses in the form…
Have you ever heard the saying “Haste makes Waste”? The wisdom seems to be acknowledged in most circles. Politics, at least the law enforcement kind, is not one of those circles. Yesterday, we discussed the recent “up-skirting” controversy. It was one of those situations where there were cries of outrage…
…And continuing in yesterday’s blog’s footsteps, we discuss another case which features a child victim. At least, so says the Commonwealth. While everybody else was still reacting to this week’s “up skirt” controversy, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today the indictment of two Fall River residents for their alleged participation…