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Blue Ribbon Commission Report
"They just can't stay there. They get married, they
get a mortgage, they have student loans a lot of them, and so as a
result, they're forced out of the public defender service or the
prosecutor's office. I think a lot of them would stay, I probably
would have stayed if the money was better."
MBA Blue Ribbon Commission Member
and former Middlesex assistant district attorney Martin
Kane, NECN, May 19
Kane and Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan appeared
on Broadside with Jim Braude to speak about the new report issued by the MBA's Blue Ribbon
Commission on Criminal Justice Attorney Compensation. Ryan added "I
think we have for many years taken those who labor in the criminal
justice system for granted."
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Guaman/Hernandez Cases
"This is complicated by that
issue of dragging. Did he know he was dragging the person or not
know he was dragging? That really made the case a lot more
serious."
MBA Past Criminal Justice
Section Chair Peter Elikann, FOX25, May 19
Elikann discussed the case of Nicolas Guaman, an Ecuadorian
immigrant, who was sentenced to 12-14 years for manslaughter this
week after hitting and dragging a motorcyclist in 2011. Guaman was
found not guilty of second-degree murder. In a later segment, Elikann also commented on the
relevance of newly revealed photos of Aaron Hernandez with friends
in Newport just days after allegedly being involved in a 2012
double-murder in Boston. "It's not really clear whether they're
relevant or not. ...I'm not even sure if it would come into the
trial at all because it really doesn't go to whether he committed
the actual murders or not," he said.
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Of Note:
MBA Health Law Section Vice Chair
Lorianne Sainsbury-Wong was quoted in a State House News
story ("Expansion Deal Comes With Heavy Restrictions For Partners,"
May 19) on a tentative agreement between Attorney General Martha
Coakley and Partners Healthcare, which places conditions on the
acquisition of South Shore Hospital and Hallmark Health
Systems.