On Monday, we began discussing the matter in which was young girl was shot last weekend. The father, who police believe was the attended victim, has been unable or unwilling to cooperate with law enforcement about the shooting. Witnesses and community leaders have been voicing outrage over the second shooting…
There still remains a bit of confusion as to what law enforcement and others need in order to legitimately (under the law) jump to conclusions about…well…you. Folks seem to know that, in order to convict a criminal defendant, the government must prove that individual guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We have…
No one seems to know why this happens sometimes. In some cases, one can make out a motive…I’ve seen that a lot. However, sometimes, we are treated to no reason at all. I am talking about complainants who admittedly lie about their allegations. Generally, however, even when that complainant’s lack…
The judge’s comments were on the money and everyone should recognize it. Not knowing it could end your life one way or another. The judge is Suffolk Superior Court Judge Mitchell H. Kaplan. He just presided over a murder trial. The case was the Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Peter Castillo…
Usually, a stroll to the local CVS Pharmacy is something that you can assume will be non-eventful. Not in Stoughton. Not last week. Last week, three kids allegedly entered a Stoughton CVS, had words with another teen and then shot him. The victim was shot in the shoulder and…
In Twelve Step programs, one of the steps to recovery is to “make amends” to people you have wronged. Well, while I am not involved in such a program at present, I do owe you, my readers, an amends. I left you hanging during the police cam festivities, hinting that…
I have been bouncing back and forth between the Boston Police Union vs. Body Cams follies and the return to…that other Department…in terms of topics for the blog this week. I think, as a prelude to both, I should bring you a case in which the Supreme Judicial Court has…
Ok, I know that when I left off in my last blog, I indicated that I was going to return to the topic of a particular mismanaged blight on the Massachusetts landscape that is being slipped a pass by our governor…but that will have to wait until next week. Despite…
As you may recall, I have been entrenched in the criminal justice system, as well as a few related arenas, for over 30 years. Over the last several years, I have been doing so as Of Counsel at Altman & Altman, LLP in Cambridge The last few years, of course,…
Well, apparently, we are actually getting started. The Boston Police Department’s body camera pilot program is now being launched with 100 officers selected by a department consultant after none volunteered. Ruffled blue feathers? Maybe. But progress has been made according to Boston University’s NPR station, WBUR, The six-month trial starts…