Make sure you don’t miss Joan Vennochi’s column in today’s Globe concerning the Herald’s article about Deval’s sister and brother-in-law. Here’s a couple highlights:
Under Massachusetts law, the letter Sigh received is the first step in a confidential process that includes a hearing. That is followed by classification as a Level 1, 2, or 3 sex offender. A high-risk offender gets a Level 3 status; a person at low risk of committing a sex crime would be a Level 1. The law governing release of sex offender registration information states that the public has a right to information only if the offender is a sex offender who has been finally classified by the board as a level 2 or level 3 sex offender. It would be illegal for the board to disseminate information to the public about someone who has not yet been finally classified as a Level 2 or 3 offender. It violates the statute and the board’s own regulations,” said Larni Levy, a public defender who handles sex offender registration cases.
And then there’s:
A recent Healey political ad criticizing Patrick’s past criminal defense work asked: “While lawyers have a right to defend admitted cop killers, do we really want one as our governor?” Here’s my question: Do we really want a governor who hails from an administration capable of trampling the law?
Nice job Joan!
You know what struck me more than anything in the article, it’s Healey’s quote.
<
p>
<
p>
What the hell does that mean? So do you have anything to do with the Globe’s “description of this information”.
“Hey, we just anonymously planted the information. How the Herald chose to describe it was up to them.”
that’s essentially what I think too.
That quote makes it perfectly clear that she knows or at least suspects that someone associated with her campaign sent the information to the Globe. I really wonder about the intelligence of the people advising her. If someone comes up with definitive proof that her campaign was involved, then she is pretty much screwed, regardless of what weasel words she uses. She would have been much better off with a blanket denial of any involvement along a denunciation of the Herald for reporting the story. That would have at least made her look somewhat human.
Where was the outrage and where is it right now on Melanie’s Bill? The RMV is flouting the law openly & legislators who tried to prevent this from happening were burned at the stake as “defense lawyer” hacks.
But Deval’s past as a defense lawyer is glorified and equated with Adams yet some of the same people on this site destroyed legislative opponents of certain provisions of the Melanie’s Bill a full year ago. I’m really confused or is the answer as obvious as pure bias and discrimination & selective commentary.