The Pull and Tug Between Prosecutor and Cop — The Way It Should Be

Today I will write about police departments in general.  The FBI, the Massachusetts State Police or your local police.  They are not different when it comes to protecting their own.    There’s a good book out which tells about this.  It’s called The Fence.  It’s about the Boston Police Department.  Within any police unit there’s a …

Even If He Could Whitey Bulger Won’t Make a Deal

The news on the preparation for the Whitey Bulger’s trial seems to have slowed to a trickle.  In discussions with others I’ve found many who doubt that he’ll go to trial.  I’ve mentioned my feelings on this before. The best argument among that those who think he won’t is that he would like to avoid …

An Inside Look at FBI’s Philosophy and Actions in The Making of An FBI Agent

In 1972 the year J. Edgar Hoover died a former agent published a book.  He wrote, “Before long they would be so infused with the policy, they would be afraid to go to the men’s room without advising the Bureau, except for the ones who would not be molded, but there were very few of …

The One Local Police Department Whitey Bulger Hated: the Quincy Police.

I should tell how I developed an interest in this matter from a prosecution perspective.  I joined the Norfolk DA’s office in 1976.   I had worked for the prior eight years or so in a small Boston law firm.  That firm handled all types of cases but was considered a criminal law defense firm.  Some …

The FBI’s Connolly is Doing 40 Years in Prison for Following Orders

I’ve been running on about the case in Florida where John Connolly was convicted of murder by gun of John Callahan, but I don’t think I’ve ever given the facts about that case so you can decide for yourselves what his criminal liability is and what would be a fair punishment.   A Florida state …

Blame the Nuns at Saint Agatha’s in Milton for The Many Murders of Martorano

Martorano inundates us with his stories of how he murdered twenty people.  Like all thugs, he justifies all his killings.  You see he was mostly killing and testifying against rats.  Martorano tells us he did this because he learned from the nuns at St. Agatha’s school in Milton that the worst person in the bible …