Christmas in August for Bush, who signs a bill that creates a new law that allows his SS to spy on anyone he feels like without any mamby-pamby legal eggsperts putting in their two cents.Anyone feel safer?Anyone feel watched?What the eff is … [Read more...]
Your papers, please
Are new passport requirements being used as a warm-up for the coming Real ID national identity card? This blog examines the confusion around new passport requirements, in evidence on a local CVS sign, and notes the connection to Real … [Read more...]
Gulp: FBI plans terrorist profiles like credit rankings
After a lot of time on the phone, trying to stay calm while asking questions such as, "How can I prove to you that I don't live in a candy factory?" someone took pity on me and cleared things up.That story was the first thing I thought of … [Read more...]
Read an excellent analysis of Mary Jean’s case
at the The Legal Satyricon by blogger Prof. Marc J. Randazza. … [Read more...]
Channel 5 reports Robert Pino says he was the fall guy in DNA Lab “cover up”
Team 5 Investigates is reporting that fired crime lab employee Robert Pino has morphed into a "whistle blower". Is this sour grapes or signs of bigger problems? Seems like a transparent investigation and hearings are called for. Excerpts … [Read more...]
Netroots Strike Again (the Mary Jean edition)
Is it a coincidence that on Monday Blue Mass Group readers learned that Leominster mom Mary Jean won her case in federal court and then on Thursday the T&G's Richard Nangle brings it to a wider readership? Maybe. Here are excerpts from … [Read more...]
Remember Leominster Mom Mary Jean?
Her case went to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled last Friday. SHE WON!! Read the decision here.One of the more entertaining side shows of last spring (read link from the bottom), which in the summer and fall (ditto) … [Read more...]
“TedF” and “Speaking Out” discuss the LaGuer case
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...]
My first response to the SJC – LaGuer opinion
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...]
Why YOU should care about the State Police Crime Lab scandal
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...]