Well, the Boston area universities, colleges and high schools have been back in order for about a month now. It did not take very long for issues regarding school campus crime and safety to arise. Every years, Attorney Sam’s Take discusses many such crimes as they happen. After all, our…
Some of the most vital lessons a criminal defense attorney can learn are only learned through experience. Today, the lead attorney for accused mass murderer and FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger demonstrated one such lesson. I have discussed this case many times both on the radio and in my daily…
Sometimes, when reviewing stories for the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, I come across stories which almost make me speechless. Of course, that is a terrible thing for an experienced criminal defense attorney to be. Fortunately, Attorney Sam’s Take is written, not spoken. In any event, this is one of those…
…And the wheels on the criminal justice machine continue. including drug cases. Despite the recent Boston Crime Lab debacle don’t think for a minute that the Commonwealth is slowing down in its criminal investigations into drug dealing. Of course, some cases appear to be more stereotypical than others. You have…
I raised the issue of whether something was being done regarding the current Massachusetts drug lab fiasco other than arresting the scandal’s star performer Annie Dookhan (“Exchemist”). Well, we know that there is an investigation going on…limited though it may be. We know that District Attorneys are sickend at folks…
Welcome to October and, with the new month, we have even more developments in the Commonwealth’s drug lab scandal. Attorney Sam’s Take is happy to tell you that actual law enforcement actions are being taken! First of all, the former chemist at the center of the controversy, Annie Dookhan (the…
The ramifications of the Commonwealth’s latest law enforcement travesty continues. The review of various cases tainted at the hands of the credibility-challenged drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan (hereinafter, “Exchemist”) continue. The apparently wrongful incarceration of various Massachusetts prisoners, however, are coming to an end. At least for a little while.…
Apparently, Annie Dookhan (hereinafter, “Exchemist”), the chemist at the center of the Commonwealth’s drug lab problems, may have been estranged from veracity for longer than we thought. As you would imagine, in order to even get her job at the lab, she had to show that she was qualified. She…
David Meier, a fellow former prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney, as Attorney Sam’s Take told you last week, is the lawyer placed in charge of assessing the extent of the state drug lab scandal. His findings thus far reflect that 690 people are in state prison and 450 people are…
With each day, the scandal over the Boston-based State Crime Lab and its problems in the testing of illegal drugs is becoming more and more serious. For example, Suffolk County judges have freed at least 11 defendants facing drug charges. Said defendants range from no record to lengthy criminal records.…