I wrote earlier today about the injustice of John Connolly being in prison. After doing that I had a conversation with an associate who read the blog and I recognized that my post was a little confusing. Let me cut to the chase: what makes the Florida Appeals Court decision so wrong is that if…
Author: mtc9393
Pondering the American System of Justice: The Question of the Day
I suppose I could start off with the case of Retired FBI Agent John Connolly. He has been in prison for fifteen years and will probably die there. He never shot anyone. He was alleged to be a bad FBI agent but very little was shown that was the case. He was instrumental in bringing…
Under Trump: Whatever Israel Wants; Israel Gets:
It is pretty sad when a country has to have dueling foreign policies with the proponent of each one trying to outdo the other. John Kerry who just told us that Israel by continuing its building of settlements is obstructing the two state solution and imperils the chance for peace. He fails to mention that…
The American Flag:
A state representative from MA wrote to the president of Hampshire College, where the students are treated like professors and the professors act like students after learning the president of that college decided to remove the American flag from campus because he felt it was divisive and represents for some a disruptive symbol as well as…
Is This Freddy’s Revenge: Ralph DiMasi the Last Stand Up Guy
Ralph DiMasi (pictured left at his arraignment by the Herald) has become a Whitey associate. That’s what the headline in the Boston Herald said:”Whitey cohort charged in 1991 murder of bank guard.” Perhaps we can add that murder onto Whitey’s long list. Of course that is nonsense. Ralph had as much to do with Whitey as…
The Perfidy of the Federal Justice System: Extorting Guilty Pleas from Teamsters
I was in federal court in Boston speaking with a well-known and highly respected defense counsel. He said to me: “this is a dangerous place to be.” He, better than most, knew how treacherous it is when it gets you in its grasp. I was thinking of that conversation when I read about the Teamster…