Lieutenant Governor Healey doesnt think the citizens of Massachusetts want to elect someone who, as an attorney, represented an individual in the appeal of the sentence in a murder trial. History proves otherwise. Our first Vice President and one of our truly great Presidents, John Adams, served in those positions after he represented several of the defendants in the Boston Massacre Trial. He also participated in the Constitutional Convention and wrote the Massachusetts Constitution after representing those defendants. Just think what our country would have lost if people in our early history shared Kerry Healeys views.
The question we should be asking is whether we want a Governor who has a misunderstanding of the fundamental constitutional law and the role of attorneys in our society.
Attorney Kathleen M. ODonnell
45 Merrimack Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
For someone who went to school to study criminology, Healey is woefully unfamiliar with a little something called due process of law–particularly of the procedural variety.
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Tarring and feathering Deval for lobbying on behalf of people (albeit violent people) whose due process rights have been violated by a legal system stacked against indigent defendants is beyond shameful.
I’ve posted an essay by Peter Vickery that expands on your comment about John Adams. It’s a good read.
This isn’t about what Healey thinks. It’s about what she wants the viewer to think.
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Hopefully, Massachusetts voters are smarter than her… but there will be the 20% (80/20 rule) that will buy her “logic” and vote based on it…
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My short and sweet diary from Oct 6.
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Mark