Testimonials Compiled and EditedBy Benjamin LaGuerWhen Benjamin LaGuer was sentenced in 1984 to life in prison for raping a Leominster neighbor, the jury ruled without a shred of physical evidence linking him to the crime, Boston Globe … [Read more...]
Stealth Maneuver in Election’s Shadow (action alert)
Consider this a public service announcement: Don't approve Lemire. The LaGuer case is going to the Supreme Judicial Court this fall with James C. Rehnquist leading the charge. Lemire's roll in the disappearing fingerprint report is bound to … [Read more...]
Joe Early Jr. to replace John Conte as Worcester DA
Congratulations to Joe Early Jr. for a decisive victory in the Democratic primary to succeed John J.Conte who is stepping down as DA after more than 30 years in office.This is an important development for the Benjamn LaGuer case, which many … [Read more...]
Rehnquist has filed his brief in the Benjamin LaGuer case
The ball is now in Sandra Hautanen's court. Ben LaGuer's team of pro bono lawyers headed by James C. Rehnquist filed their brief in the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday. It is posted as a PDF file to BenLaGuer.com. Go there to read it in … [Read more...]
Rehnquist to File SJC Brief in LaGuer Case Monday
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...]
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