Hello and happy new year. Yes, the (attempted) daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is back! I hope you had a great holiday season. For some, however, it did not end so smoothly. Let’s look to Norton, Massachusetts, for one such tale. It’s results may surprise you. At approximately 5pm on…
On Monday, we discussed a number of recent motor vehicle accidents which took place over the past week in Massachusetts. Today, we focus on one of them. It has all the makings of a scene from a very sad movie. Lisa Leavitt (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) leaves a Christmas party in…
This experienced Boston criminal lawyer checked into Boston.com this morning to get a view of what was happening over the weekend in the Commonwealth. It would appear that ‘Tis already the season for vehicular crimes throughout the Bay State. • In Peabody, an 88-year-old woman was struck by a car…
This is a great time to be watching the criminal justice system! Unfortunately, with a current changeover in my office and my son’s Bar Mitzvah occurring this week, it has been difficult to keep the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog current on a daily basis. This should change next week. Meanwhile,…
By now, you have undoubtedly heard about the Dean College assault and battery fiasco. I know it is not technically Massachusetts bullying or hazing, but it does involved some allegedly illegal conduct. Even if the authorities seem not to have figured out how yet. In fact, it involves the possibilities…
You may be a bit surprised at how this experienced Boston criminal lawyer’s views the recent Andover hazing debacle given my oft-spouted views on Massachusetts bullying. Simply put, it is not the same situation. One similarity it does have, however, is the attention of Attorney General Martha Coakley. She is…
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has been discussing the plight of witnesses in the Massachusetts criminal justice system. When we left off, the question came up about why, after simply being a witness, you may have to wait a long time and spend thousands of dollars before the “truth” came…
When we last left off, Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog was discussing an apparent shift in the criminal justice system through which people are punished for not playing the part of a government witness. I was opining that we could see more of this trend in the future. You may be…
This Boston criminal lawyer believes that we are moving up another notch in criminal liability in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts….probably nation-wide in fact. A famous, and late, gent of the 1500’s , John Donne, once wrote that no man is an island. In other words, we are all connected and…
Attorney Sam’s Take On The Criminal Liability Of The Penn State Debacle Students are protesting it. News stations are broadcasting debates about it. And, yes, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is discussing it. It has come light that Penn State had a problem with sexual assault over the years. The…