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What’s Wrong With The U.S. Attorney’s Indictment Of Judge Joseph And How To Fix It

WGBH News Opinion Andrew Lelling, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, triggered a political firestorm almost a month ago when he obtained an indictment of Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph on obstruction charges. Although I disagree with Joseph’s decision to release Jose Medina-Perez, a noncitizen who had entered the United States illegally,…

The Supreme Judicial Court Tanks an Investigation

June 2, 2016, West Barnstable MA. In a letter published in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Gants’ response to Speaker’s request a misstep on November 19, 2015 and in this blog, I wrote: To the editor: When The Boston Globe Spotlight team published a series of articles revealing, to no one’s surprise, that there was political patronage…

Gants’ response to Speaker’s request a misstep

Mass. Lawyers Weekly, November 19, 2015 To the editor: When The Boston Globe Spotlight team published a series of articles revealing, to no one’s surprise, that there was political patronage hiring in the Probation Department, the Supreme Judicial Court hired attorney Paul F. Ware Jr. and armed him with subpoena power to conduct an investigation….