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Breathalyzer tests
suspended
"The attorney general should step in here. She
should make the local district attorneys stop using the machinery
until there's an independent investigation conducted by an outside
investigator appointed by the attorney general, not by law
enforcement, so that we can have a real, fresh review of what's
happening here."
MBA Chief Legal Counsel and
Chief Operating Officer Martin W. Healy, WBUR, April 23
Healy was interviewed by WBUR as part of a story on the
reliability of breathalyzer tests. Use of breathalyzer tests has
been recently suspended by prosecutors in Middlesex and Essex
counties until a review has been conducted by the state police.
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Tsarnaev trial
"The whole
point of personalizing and humanizing him is not just a matter of
bringing in a psychologist with a piece of paper saying 'We've done
testing and we don't think he's the worst person ever.' It's really
to give kind of the anecdotes."
MBA Criminal Justice Section
Vice Chair Peter Elikann, FOX25, April 20
Elikann was interviewed by FOX25 for a segment on what to expect
in the penalty phase of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial which began
this week.
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Back Bay fire
"It has to be something that rises to the level of
shocking the public. I don't believe this is the final
chapter."
MBA Chief Legal Counsel and
Chief Operating Officer Martin W. Healy, Boston Globe, April 21
Healy was quoted in a Globe story about the March 2014
fire in the Back Bay that claimed the lives of two Boston
firefighters. Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley
announced this week that no criminal charges will be filed against
the metalworkers who inadvertently started the fire.
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Of note:
- In addition to the clips mentioned above, MBA Chief Legal
Counsel and Chief Operating Officer Martin W. Healy was quoted by
the Boston Herald ("Civil suit could put Aaron
Hernandez on the stand" - April 23) in an article about the civil
suit filed against Aaron Hernandez by the family of Odin Lloyd.
Immediate Past President Douglas K. Sheff, who is representing the
Lloyd family in the civil case, is also quoted in the article.