by Bert | Jun 7, 2018 | Massachusetts
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts is deciding whether and how to punish the Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”) for the misconduct perpetrated by two former attorneys in the wide-ranging criminal justice scandal that began with the troubled and drug-addicted...
by Bert | May 30, 2018 | The Open File Blog
We’ve had a few-week hiatus from new posts and wanted to return with a summary of some of the key news from the month of May. We hope that this will help you catch up on items of particular interest. Also, you can follow us on Twitter @openfilesite In Massachusetts,...
by Bert | Dec 14, 2017 | Massachusetts
As we promised in an earlier piece, here is an update on the disciplinary prosecution of Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Laura Marshard. Earlier this year, she went to trial on disciplinary charges related to suppressing exculpatory evidence, failing to...
by Bert | Sep 26, 2017 | Massachusetts
Last week, the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Public Defender Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services filed a petition in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (the state’s highest court). In it, the petitioners have requested that the Court dismiss...
by Bert | Jul 20, 2017 | Massachusetts
Late last month, Judge Richard J. Carey of Hampden County Superior Court decided on several defendants’ challenges to their criminal convictions, which were based on disgraced Amherst lab ex-employee Sonja Farak’s misconduct. Farak exploited her position as a chemist...
