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Thanks Charley for Your Recent LaGuer Thread

May 7, 2007 By Speaking Out

I really appreciated your recent post on the LaGuer case. You have been one the few people in the media (there are others) to take the extremely troubling revelations about the case to heart and then be willing to speak up. As for your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dna, laguer, prosecutorial-misconduct, wrongful-convictions

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

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

The Shameful Politicization of the LaGuer Case (The Plot Sickens)

February 1, 2007 By Speaking Out

The revelation in today's Globe is pretty jaw dropping:A federal inspection of the State Police crime laboratory completed in September found problems with the handling of DNA evidence that go beyond those that prompted the agency to … [Read more...]

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

The Racism Issue in the Ben LaGuer Case

January 24, 2007 By Speaking Out

PART IIHere are some of the comments and replies from last weekend:12 white men  (0.00 / 0)Are they inherently biased?BMG: Reality-based commentary.by: Bob @ Sun Jan 21, 2007 at 10:15:28 AM EST[ Parent | Reply | ]Not inherently, but in … [Read more...]

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

Ben LaGuer Deserves An External Review of the 2002 DNA Test NOW!

January 19, 2007 By Speaking Out

A Case for LaGuer ReviewMetroWest Daily NewsBy Eric Goldscheider/Guest columnistFriday, January 19, 2007Recent allegations that Robert Pino, an administrator at the State Police crime lab in Sudbury, misreported DNA results have major … [Read more...]

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

State Police DNA Woes Escalate

January 18, 2007 By Speaking Out

The headline on an excellent editoral in The Enterprise today is "A Broken Link at State Police". Highlights:DNA identification is probably the biggest advance in criminal investigations since the advent of fingerprinting a century ago. DNA … [Read more...]

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

State Police DNA Lab Gets Unwanted Attention

January 15, 2007 By Speaking Out

There seems to be a DNA scandal brewing in Massachusetts. It broke in the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald over the weekend. The Herald names Robert Pino as an administrator at the State Police DNA lab who was suspended with pay for … [Read more...]

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

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