It is a topic that has seemed to fade from the spotlight…for all but those who truly suffer under the Massachusetts assaults, destruction of property and harassment that fall under the topic of bullying. Not so long ago, it was a wonderful political football regarding which the law enforcement community…
When the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog left off on Tuesday, a child was looking at the entrance to the criminal justice system – the MA juvenile system. There are many misconceptions about the juvenile justice system, just as there are about the adult system. Unfortunately, the person who pays the…
As you know, one of the purposes of this daily criminal law blog is to warn people of the realities of today’s criminal justice system. Chief among those who need the warnings, but often do not realize it, are our kids. While today’s story was originally meant for what the…
Not so long ago, Wayland’s Nathaniel Fujita and Lauren Astley were a couple. She broke up with him. He wanted to get back together. Now, she is dead and he is in custody, charged with her Massachusetts murder. This is a common and tragic scenario that we see when it…
Most Massachusetts schools are now closed for the summer. For some students, however, the ability to attend class ended long before the end of the school year. It is a problem that is not merely local, but national as well. Take 15-year-old Nick S, for example. Nick was by all…
Massachusetts campus crime. It’s been a problem for quite awhile. How often do we hear stories about a Boston University student raped? A trial is coming up in the Cambridge murder on the campus of Harvard University. And…of course…we have heard several stories about on campus Worcester bullying or Brockton…
…And speaking about warning kids, there is the story about the party that has led a bunch of them to the mass arrest of 52 people Friday night. Impressingly, the kids were dressed up for the occasion. The party was themed “Business Hoes and Ceos”, and the kids were all…
Over the past year, Massachusetts motor vehicle laws have changed a bit. For example, we now have a law against texting while driving. Apparently, our neighbor to the south, Rhode Island, would like to take anti-text laws a step further. In fact, the legislatvie battle is on to create a…
How do former Massachusetts prosecutorial politicians and general politicians admit that they were wrong? Well, they don’t. They simply, and quietly, try to seek a “do over”, as young kids would say. And so it was that former South Hadley prosecutor, Elizabeth Scheibel (hereinafter, “EXDA”), joined with others yesterday to…
While Massachusetts schools have been struggling with ways in which to comply with the over-arching and extremely broad anti-bullying law, a couple of students at Brookline High School have apparently been doing their own planning. According to officials, that planning would include a mass homicide. The students allegedly posted on…