The evidence seems to keep piling up for poor ol’ George Zimmerman (hereinafter, the “Shooter”) and, yet, there is still no law enforcement action about it. This man is getting benefits of the doubt that my clients would kill for. No pun intended. Let’s check in on the latest in…
There has been another attack in Cambridge. The most recent assault involved a woman in her 20’s. She was attacked near the intersection of Ellery and Harvard Streets. Just one day earlier, and only three blocks away, another woman around the same age was knocked unconscious at the intersection of…
…So, I was talking with Dan Rea last night on WBZ, radio 1030 a.m. No, I was not a scheduled guest this time. I was simply a caller. I really could not help it. The subject matter, and the discussion of it, drew me out. Mr. Rea and his callers…
Hmm… I wonder if you see a connection between two stories in yesterday’s news. First of all, it seems that the number of Massachusetts prison inmates granted parole has dropped significantly this past year. You may recall that, during this year, the state Parole Board was overhauled in the wake…
As the dust settles on last week’s verdicts, and non-verdicts, in the Mattapan Massacre Matter, we have had a few days to calm down and reflect. Assumptions abounded as the week came to a close last week and conclusions were drawn by many. Hey, I got caught up in it…
I was walking down the street yesterday, thinking about the Mattapan Massacre case and wondering if the judge was going to discharge the jury by the end of the day. Suddenly, I looked across the street and happened to notice somebody who seemed odd. You know what I mean? The…
Well, more information came out regarding the presently hanging jury in the Manhattan Massacre murder matter. Yesterday, when I posted the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, I was unaware of the breakdown of the split in the jury panel. Word has it that there is one lone juror who is holding…
Last week, the jury in the Mattapan Massacre Murder Matter began its deliberations. Yesterday, they announced that they had reached a decision. Sort of. The jury charged with deciding the case against the two men accused in the 2010 Mattapan massacre (hereinafter, the “Defendants”) has reached a verdict on 10…
With all due respect to my fellow professionals, I sometimes think that if you would read the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog more often and take its message to heart…maybe we would not be looking back and saying “Whoops” so often. The jury came back last week in the New Jersey…
Before we go into other reasons that a defendant may decide not to testify, there is one thing I should make clear. Whether or not to testify is nobody’s decision than the defendant himself. It is not the decision of the defense attorney, nor the judge and certainly not the…