The SJC deadline for Benjamin LaGuer's pro bono attorney James C. Rehnquist to file his brief is this Monday. I will post it to the BenLaGuer web site as soon as it is public and I can get ahold of a copy.In the meantime, reports and … [Read more...]
Globe: DAs Concerned about Wrongful Convictions
Today's Boston Globe had and interesting article on steps the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association (MDAA) wants to take to cut down on wrongful convictions. Read the article here or here. The concern, according to the Globe article, … [Read more...]
Chacon talks to the Sentinel & Enterprise
In the LaGuer flap (see earlier post today), the Sentinel & Enterprise of Fitchburg and Leominster got Patrick spokesman Richard Chacon to elaborate on the candidate's comments regarding the LaGuer case.Patrick facing scrutiny for '84 … [Read more...]
More on the LaGuer Case
The first issue is probably most easily understood by watching this Dan Rea news broadcast from soon after the fingerprint report came out.Rea ends his report on the "pending DNA test."That brings us to the second issue. It has taken almost … [Read more...]
Herald Story a Reilly Campaign Plant??
I can't say for sure whether today's Herald Story was spoon fed to Dave Wedge by the Reilly Committee, but the evidence points that way. Read more here. The entire thread starts here. … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick & Benjamin LaGuer?
I just got a call from Boston Herald reporter Dave Wedge to say he's doing a story for tomorrow's paper based on a testimonial on the Ben LaGuer Web site (among many) which reads:I therefore have serious misgivings about the … [Read more...]
Harvard Biologist Weighs in on LaGuer Case
With the approaching showdown this fall in the SJC expect to see more voices joining those wanting a full investigation of whether Benjamin LaGuer got a raw deal when he was convicted of rape 23 years ago. He is still in prison because he … [Read more...]