The records of Tim Flaherty’s case in the federal court show that the indictment was filed on May 26, 2015. Between that time and now various motions were filed and some hearings on procedural matters as well as motions took place. The last entry on the case dated April 29, 2016 reads: “Pre-trial Conference.” The…
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U.S. Attorney Ortiz’s Federal Prosecutors Reined In: Will Judges Follow the Law?
McDonnell vs United States will have serious ramifications on the recent actions by the Boston U.S. Attorney Ortiz’s continuing intrusion in to matters best left to the state. It is hard to see how the Appeals Court will uphold the conviction of Probation Commissioner John O’Brien after that decision; it is questionable whether the Teamsters…
The Whitey Buger Murders: Arthur “Bucky” Barrett
Arthur “Bucky” Barrett was murdered in August 1983. His murder will be the ninth that I feel confident can be attributed to Whitey. I am not sure exactly how the murder went down. Both Weeks and Flemmi have Whitey shooting him the head but Flemmi’s story about the way it happened was somewhat confusing. It…
In Memoriam of Joe Nigro: A Real Good Guy. And Also a Lucky One.
I read his obituary in the paper five days after he died. He died on June 2 and here it was June 7 I was reading about it. You rightly ask how much did I know about him if I didn’t know he died until four of five days after his death. I also did not…
The Way the Conversation With Steven Flemmi About Debbie Davis Should Have Happened.
Steve Flemmi murdered his girlfriend Debbie Davis. He tried to say he did it because Whitey Bulger wanted him to do it. Let’s imagine how a prosecutor on the level, let us call her Alethia, would have spoken with Flemmi. Alethia: Now Mr. Flemmi let’s get to the death of Debbie Davis. Flemmi: Yeah…
Thoughts on Britain Exiting the European Union: Winners and Losers
I watched the returns on the British vote over whether to remain or stay in the European Union on the BBC last night until the Leave Vote took the lead by over a million votes. I shut of the television and went to bed. Had I been a betting man I would have put my…