Author: mtc9393

I’ve told this story before. It’s appropriate I tell it again. I was a young lawyer during the days when the Warren Court was changing the law in a very substantial manner when it came to defendant rights. It started applying the guarantees in the Bill of Rights to the states using the mechanism of…

Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev is in custody. There is much fodder for others to write about over the coming days concerning the actions taken by the Government officials and police during the chase. Was it wise to tell a million or more people they had to “shelter in place,” a new term to me? How was Dzhokhar’s flight…

A gun fight in Watertown; his brother killed; and here it is 16 hours after that  Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev remains on the loose despite the most involved manhunt in Massachusetts history utilizing all of the federal, state and city resources. Dzhokhar is pronounced like the name Joker with a Boston accent which turns the “er” in…

It’s amazing how things that seemed importance fall into insignificance in the light of other events such as family or community or national tragedies. Our law enforcement agencies deserves congratulations for the quick uncovering of the fiend bombers, two Chechens brothers, who caused the Marathon Terrorist Attack (MTA) One of whom is dead at this…

The copy-cat nature of the news media, the questionable reliance of its sources, and the truthfulness of its reporting was on full display for all to see yesterday. This copy-cat nature I’ve noted before. I’ve shown how once something is stated it becomes accepted as fact by those who follow without critical examination. The suggestion that Whitey and John…