Good Friday is a time for reflection. In my early teens we had a custom of not speaking to anyone during the hours of noon to three in the afternoon. This was to keep in mind the suffering of Christ during the three hours He was dying on the cross. From that practice, which I…
Category: Massachusetts Justice System
In examining this case it is necessary to look at different aspects of the justice system to give people a better understanding of what is going on.
Whitey’s Prosecutors Quandry
I have to pause as I sometimes do in my review of Whitey’s life. I do this because a recent comment had me wondering about the influence of lawyers on this case. I was answering a comment by Norwood who suggested that the gangsters should have figured out Stevie Flemmi was an informant. I responded…
Judge Denise J. Casper Jumps Into The Fray
Who? I suppose I shouldn’t ask that question. I never heard of her but then again I haven’t practiced in the federal district court since the days of standing before J. Arthur Garrity defending a client almost as badly vilified as James “Whitey” Bulger, the Boston School Committee. I did notice she was highly praised…
A Cite And A Circus
Hat tip to Jim P. Here’s where you can read the decision of the Court of Appeals. http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=12-2488P.01A I recommend you do it although many of you seem to have already done so. Go to the end at footnote number 3. There the court says Judge Stearns’s ruling of March 4 on immunity does…
The Bells Are Tolling For Whitey Bulger
Yesterday I said Judge Stearns got a little ahead of himself in declaring Whitey’s claim of immunity for murders to be committed in futuro will not be considered. I suggested he should not have done that without figuring out what it was that Whitey is claiming. I should have mentioned he has left the door…
O’Sullivan’s Reason For Giving Whitey Immunity – I
J.W. Carney, Jr. and Hank Brennan are not reckless lawyers. They are not about to go out on the limb with assertions that they cannot support. I’m trying to figure out what line of reasoning they are going to use to justify Whitey’s claim of immunity along with his claim that he is not an…