This week, we have discussed the endings of a few high-profile criminal trials. We discussed the New Jersey Rutgers Cyber-Bullying case, the Mattapan Massacre Murder case and a homicide retrial in Lawrence. All three trials had something in common. The defendants did not testify. The issue of a criminal defendant…
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A LAWRENCE JURY DELIBERATES ON THE MURDER TRIAL OF JEROME MCNULTY…AGAIN
The juries in the Mattapan Massacre and Rutgers cyber-bullying/hate crime trials are deliberating, they are not the only ones. The wheels of Justice grind on…for better or for worse…every day. In Lawrence Superior Court, for example,another jury deliberates. The jury is the second to hear this case. It is the…
THE MATTAPAN MASSACRE MURDER TRIAL GOES TO JURY
Sometimes this Boston criminal lawyer has to just chuckle, look down and shake his head. So many things in the criminal justice system are predictable. And yet, we, as a society, seem never to learn. Or is it simply that we do not care? Two local criminal justice stories dominated…
ATTORNEY SAM’S TAKE ON MATTAPAN MURDER, WITNESSES AND CLOSING ARUMENTS (Part Four)
So…as the attorneys, parties, judge and jury rest up this weekend and get ready to final arguments, charge from the judge and jury deliberations, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog finishes this four-part discussion about this case in terms of credibility. Primarily, the credibility of a witness like Kimani Washington (hereinafter,…
THE CYBER-BULLYING TRIAL OF DHARUN RAVI FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NEARS ITS ENDING
Along with the Mattapan Massacre trial, another matter involving death is reaching the climax of its trial This one is from New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is the trial of Dharun Ravi (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). This was a matter that also hit the headlines when it took place. The would-be…
ATTORNEY SAM’S TAKE ON MATTAPAN MURDER, WITNESSES AND “RATS” (Part Three)
The topic the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has been discussing over the past couple of days dovetails nicely with something we discussed last week. The bottom line connection? Credibility. A witness’ credibility and the credibility of the attorney who calls that witness to the stand. The jury in the Mattapan…
THE MATTAPAN MURDERS ON TRIAL-ATTORNEY SAM’S TAKE ON BOSTON ROBBERY, MURDER AND THE TRUTH (Part Two)
Here I am….bringing you bad news again. The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is saddend to tell you that you have been involved in a shooting. You and a few others went to try to conduct a simple robbery, but it did not go as smoothly as planned. You all had…
MATTAPAN MASSACRE TRIAL INCLUDES TALES OF MURDER, ROBBERY AND QUESTIONABLE WITNESSES (Part One)
As you probably know, the trial about he so-called “Mattapan Massacre” has been going on in Boston’s Suffolk Superior Court. The case involves a multiple homicide in which four people including a 2-year-old boy were killed and a fifth man was shot but survived. The event took place on September…
ATTLEBORO MOTHER GOES TO JAIL AFTER BROADCASTING HER NAKED 10-YEAR-OLD OVER THE INTERNET
Every now and again, even an experienced criminal defense attorney of over a quarter century has to scratch his head and rub whatever scant hairs remain thereupon. The case comes to us from Attleboro. A 41-year-old mother (hereinafter, the “Defendant”), is crying “foul” as she faces her day of judgment.…
“SHOULD I HIRE A CRIMINAL LAWYER FOR MY ARRAIGNMENT?” (Part Two)
In most cases, from OUI, to drug crimes , to rape, the criminal justice system views the beginning of your prosecution when you are brought into court and standing before either a judge of some sort for arraignment. In some cases, usually in superior court, Clerk Magistrates handle the arraignments.…