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Dan Rea Podcasts Prison (phone) Interview With Benjamin LaGuer

April 2, 2009 By bluemansue

LaGuer is a caller into this interview with his legal team. Click here to listen to just part of the Nightside with Dan Rea show on WBZ News Radio 1030 last Friday where they discussed the case for a whole hour. … [Read more...]

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“TedF” and “Speaking Out” discuss the LaGuer case

June 16, 2007 By Speaking Out

  Let me take your points one at a time. ... of course I (and you) lack any personal knowledge of what happened at the scene of the crime. This is both true and a truism. Very few cases don't require the power of deduction to arrive at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-liberties, dna, laguer, law, law-and-lawyers, lawyers

Rep. Ellen Story Talks About the LaGuer Case and Also About Today’s Constitutional Convention

June 14, 2007 By Speaking Out

I was on Tom Vannah's show earlier in the morning. You can hear that exchange here:Eric Goldscheider (aka "Speaking Out") and Susan Wadia-Ells being interviewed by Tom Vannah. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-rights, con-con, concon, constitutional-convention, dna

Al Sharpton to discuss Ben LaGuer’s right to a new trial tomorrow on air

April 1, 2007 By bluemansue

Ben LaGuer,the only prisioner now incarcerated in the Massachussets penal system who continues to refuse parole, because he refuses to lie and admit guilt for a crime,he has not committed, will be the subject of an interview bewteen Al … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: al-sharpton, ben-laguer, minister-don-mohammed--talk-show

My first response to the SJC – LaGuer opinion

March 23, 2007 By Speaking Out

I got calls and emails today from several news organizations wanting to know what I thought of the SJC opinion. I decided to keep it brief by issuing this statement:The SJC opinion is very disappointing given the many indications that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-liberties, dna, justice, law-and-lawyers, prosecutorial-misconduct, sjc

Why YOU should care about the State Police Crime Lab scandal

March 23, 2007 By Speaking Out

DNA MATCH IS SUSPECT WITHOUT JUDICIAL OVERSIGHTBy Eric Goldscheider/Guest columnistMetroWest Daily NewsFriday, March 23, 2007The most recent revelations about problems at the Massachusetts State Police crime lab raise deeply disturbing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, carl-selavka, civil-liberties, dna, forensics, law-and-lawyers, metrowest-daily-news, prosecutorial-misconduct

DNA Lab Scandal Spotlight Shifts to Selavka

March 10, 2007 By Speaking Out

Let's start by listing the pre-DNA lapses in the Lab with regard to this case. The most obvious is that the lab LOST OR DESTROYED a set of four fingerprints from a key piece of evidence. We know from a belatedly released report that those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-liberties, dna, fingerprints, forensics, law-and-lawyers, prosecutorial-misconduct

Ben LaGuer is a “Bastard on the Couch”

March 5, 2007 By Speaking Out

It seems a controversy has broken out at Blue Mass Group as to whether it is okay to give convicted felons access to the blogosphere. I didn't create the account or do the posting. I didn't even know about it until I saw it (briefly) last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-liberties, dna, first-amendment, media

Globe’s Saltzman follows State Police DNA lab troubles

February 14, 2007 By Speaking Out

This from today's Globe:Crime lab botched 27 DNA resultsNearly twice as many as state found earlierBy Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff  |  February 14, 2007An administrator at the State Police crime laboratory mishandled DNA test … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-liberties, dna, fingerprints, forensics

Speaking Out speaks out on YouTube

February 12, 2007 By Speaking Out

Gentle readers (and watchers) of Blue Mass Group: Below is my first foray into movie making. (Thanks to nifty software called Movie Maker.)The point, as you will see, is that the prosecutor at the recent SJC hearing on the highly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-liberties, dna, fingerprints, forensics, law-and-lawyers, prosecutorial-misconduct

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