Campaign Finance: the New Brown Paper Bag?
I’ve had a hypothesis for a while and not enough time to do the research to test it, but here goes anyway: whereas in times past the greatest danger of political corruption was the straight out bribe,...
View ArticleProsecutions: High Profile, Low Return
I published an article The Crimes and Punishments of Michael McLaughlin in CommonWealth Magazine the other day that I hope you will read. Here are some key points and additions to it. One aspect of the...
View ArticleCunningham’s Hierarchy of the Prosecutable
The psychologist Abraham Maslow wrote of the hierarchy of human needs and recently we have had pretty good indications of the hierarchy of the prosecutable in our system of justice. So let’s see who...
View ArticleThe Charmed Mike McLaughlin
Sunday’s Boston Globe story on Michael McLaughlin reminds me again of the oddity of the proceedings against him. Usually prosecutors offer a soft deal to a lesser criminal figure so he’ll turn on a...
View ArticleProsecutors and the Unrepentant
Yesterday Lt. Governor Tim Murray announced he would resign to take a $200,000 per year job with the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. This would suggest that Murray and the Chamber believe he is at...
View ArticleThe Odd Tango of Michael McLaughlin and the US Attorney
It seems that the strange charisma of Mike McLaughlin, which has caused otherwise unsentimental prosecutors to swoon, held no charms for federal Judge Douglas Woodlock. Despite the odd alliance of...
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