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Election Postmortem on LaGuer (The Anatomy of a Political Hit)

November 10, 2006 By Speaking Out

Published in the Valley Advocate under the headline:Who Won? C'est LaGuer: The Anatomy of a Political HitBy Eric GoldscheiderNovember 9, 2006On September 20, when Deval Patrick’s convincing primary victory the previous day filled the … [Read more...]

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

Did Kerry Healey Do Benjamin LaGuer a Favor?

November 8, 2006 By Speaking Out

Who Won? C'est LaGuerThe Anatomy Of A Political HitBy Eric GoldscheiderNovember 9 2006For more than two decades, Benjamin LaGuer has done everything in his power to get his claims that he was falsely convicted of rape into the public eye. … [Read more...]

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

SJC Puts a Lid on Further Extensions in LaGuer Case. Predicts a January Hearing.

November 1, 2006 By Speaking Out

The SJC updated its docket yesterday indicating that it will give the Commonwealth until November 15 to file its brief in the LaGuer case, adding, "no further enlargements". Laguer's attorneys will then have two weeks to file a rebuttal. … [Read more...]

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

Commonwealth Seeks Second Extension in Filing Response to LaGuer/Rehnquist Brief

October 29, 2006 By Speaking Out

The outgoing administration of Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte seems to be having a hard time coming up with a response to the brief Ben LaGuer's attorneys, led by James C. Rehnquist, filed with the SJC on September 11. The court … [Read more...]

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

Filing Deadline Today in LaGuer’s SJC Case

October 27, 2006 By Speaking Out

    LaGuer was indicted in August 1983 after the lead detective made blatantly false statements to the grand jury, including that the victim identified LaGuer by name.  Private investigators identified a "likelier suspect" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, dna, fingerprints, prosecutorial-misconduct

Herald’s Dave Wedge does a good job

October 22, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

No, I don't particularly care to re-hash more Ben LaGuer stuff, but the Herald's Dave Wedge does what should have been done by any number of media outlets weeks ago: Present the simple facts of the current status of LaGuer's case:The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dna, fingerprints, governor, healey, herald, laguer, law-and-lawyers, massachusetts, patrick

Will Dave Wedge do the Right Thing?

October 20, 2006 By Speaking Out

It's always an interesting experience when the phone rings and it's The Herald's Dave Wedge on the other end. He wanted to know how I thought the politicization of the LaGuer case would affect the legal case currently in the SJC. I said … [Read more...]

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

Ben LaGuer on YouTube (News Report of the “Spic” Remark)

October 7, 2006 By Speaking Out

Now that the white hot politicization of the Ben LaGuer case is subsiding it is worth taking some time to look at what it was that got so many highpowerd people involved back in the 1990s. I have studied the case and developed a level of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, benjamin-laguer, dna, fingerprints, laguer, law-and-lawyers

Romney’s Stinky Judicial Nominee Set For Confirmation

October 3, 2006 By Speaking Out

The risks attached to Lemire have to do with the fact that his conduct as a prosecutor will be part of an SJC hearing in December. I am referring to the Benjamin LaGuer case in which it turns out the commonwealth (who Lemire represented as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, benjamin-laguer, dna, fingerprints, laguer, law-and-lawyers, mitt-romney, prosecutorial-misconduct

Mazzarella Slammed on Shilling for Healey

September 29, 2006 By Speaking Out

Here's another thing I love about the Internet: Comment links at the bottom of Newspaper articles.The Sentinel and Enterprise of Fitchburg and Leominster ran a story on the much hyped but little documented relationship between Deval Patrick … [Read more...]

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

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