The United States service members who were part of the security detail in Colombia and now are under investigation reportedly include five Army Green Berets, two Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal technicians, two Marine dog handlers, and an Air Force airman. Most of the 11 Secret Service agents and supervisors flown…
As, apparentl less important, criminal mysteries remain open in the United States, we are spending time, money and media attention on the mysteries of men hiring women for sex in another country. Members of our military and national security organizations, have fallen prey to the ultimate evil which lurks in…
Hello. I hope you had an enjoyable, albeit alittle warm, Patriot’s Day. Well, at least in Massachusetts it was Patriot’s day. We tend to honor the Patriot’s of wars present and past by running the Boston Marathon. I guess that is a battle in and of itself. But that is…
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has often decried what has happened to the so-called “presumption of innocence“. You know the presumption…that alleged one that we claim to be the foundation of our criminal justice system. I tend to say that, at least until trial, that seemingly invisible presumption may be…
https://criminal.altmanllp.com/sexual-assault-sex-crimes.htmlWelcome to Friday the 13th. Regardless how it goes for you, the folks over at Alpha Epsilon Pi at Boston University have already had a bad week. As CBS in Boston put it, “the party is over”. Previous to this week, the only problem they seemed to be having was…
Unlike Bullying, Massachusetts hazing is actually illegal. Not that all cases involving hazing are prosecuted. This one will be, though. Our story hit the media in the wee hours when Boston police began their investigation into a possible hazing incident that occurred at an unsanctioned Boston University fraternity. The officers…
Hey, I am only a mere Boston criminal lawyer…you can’t expect me to know all the answers. That is what I rely on the media for to a certain extent. For example, would be the best question to ask someone who has been in jail for about three years awaiting…
While the rest of us were getting all caught up with silliness like homicides on the streets of Mattapan and Florida as well as deadly cyber-hate crimes in New Jersey, the good folks in Needham have been lucky. Far from being diverted from fighting real crime, the intrepid Needham Police…
Today, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog finishes its three-part series on the mind-numbing issues surrounding the killing of unarmed Trayvon Martin (“Shot”) by George Zimmerman (the “Shooter”) in Florida. Yesterday we concentrated on what Florida law enforcement must consider in determining whether there is probable cause to arrest the Shooter…
Hey…good news! If charged in the shooting death of unarmed Trayvon Martin (“Shot”), George Zimmerman (the “Shooter”) will voluntarily turn himself in! This was announced yesterday by his attorney. For those of you out there who thought that this was a big step in solving the mind-bending issue of whether…