A judge has ruled that 12-year-old Jordan Brown will be tried as an adult for the first-degree murder of his dad’s pregnant fiancé. If convicted, he would be the youngest American to serve a lifetime in prison without parole. Jordan is accused of using a .20-gauge shotgun to kill Kenzie…
After writing yesterday’s Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, I went back to my daily business of practicing law. Then, I took a look at some of the latest news and commentaries regarding the indictments about which we “spoke” yesterday as well as the pending legislation regarding bullying. I started with Boston.com,…
The death of Phoebe Prince, 15, the South Hadley teenager who allegedly took her own life in response to a barrage of bullying (hereinafter, the “Deceased”) is looming over Massachusetts criminal justice. It has inspired new lawmaking in the legislature and, yesterday, hit the criminal justice system hard. Indicted felonies…
In Massachusetts, nine teenagers have been charged in connection with the death of Phoebe Prince. The 15-year-old was found hanging in her bedroom last January. The teenagers are accused of stalking, harassment, and bullying Prince at South Hadley High School and on Facebook. Among those charged: • 17-year-old Sean Mulveyhill…
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has often warned you that you want to have an experienced criminal defense attorney advise and, if necessary, defend you if you find yourself to be a target or a criminal defendant. I have given you many reasons for this. Today’s story reveals one more.…
Yesterday, a Plymouth County jury found Michael Riley, the 37-year-old dad of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley, guilty of her first-degree murder. He is sentenced to life in prison without parole. Per Massachusetts law, the verdict is going to be automatically appealed. Michael and his wife Carolyn are accused of using psychotropic…
One moment. One very bad moment following a very bad decision. Boston criminal defense attorneys see it every day. That’s all it takes to ruin, or even end, innocent lives….as well as guilty ones. It is a lesson that we witness played out on the Commonwealth streets this past Monday.…
Some people just can’t keep out of trouble. Allegedly. There are studies, performed both in and out of Massachusetts, that say that there are indicators of some people’s future behavior. For example, some studies indicate that someone who starts out in life torturing and killing animals end up killing people.…
I thought this was an ironic follow-up to Monday’s blog. It involves a former official for the US Department of Homeland Security. She was just convicted in Boston of encouraging her illegal immigrant housekeeper to remain in the country. She is Lorraine H., 52, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). She had been…
Has anyone else noticed that air travel has become a bit more tense in recent years? Gee, you go to Boston’s Logan International Airport and you would think it had been involved in a terrorist act sometime over the past ten years or something! In fact, sometimes you feel you…