Fearing potential release of hundreds of convicted criminals, city and law enforcement officials announced immediate plans Thursday to put more specialized police units on the streets, saying the deepening fallout from suspected evidence tampering at a state lab demands aggressive action.
City officials said “crisis reentry” teams of police, probation officers, and street workers will work with freed offenders to help them reenter society and send a message of “zero tolerance” for criminal activity.
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Thankfully, Melissa's Law was approved before these releases. Criminals who have already committed two or more violent felonies can be charged under the new Law if they commit another violent felony. That means their next sentence for a violent felony must be served in full, without eligibility for parole -- keeping more of the worst off the streets for longer.
I agree with the ACLU: “Abundant evidence shows that prosecuting drug cases takes a terrible human and financial toll even in cases that do not involve tainted evidence,” said Matthew Segal, legal director of the ACLU in Massachusetts. “It is not time for an expensive, misguided, and ill-fated do-over.” >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Per the article: "City officials said “crisis reentry” teams of police, probation officers, and street workers will work with freed offenders to help them reenter society and send a message of “zero tolerance” for criminal activity." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excellent way to handle the release. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Per the article: “These are not low-level drug users,” Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said. “These are people with violent histories across the board, who are trafficking large amounts of drugs. This is a tough group of people.” >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, if you mean that low level drug users are not in jail, and so are not part of this population, then how can that be? You don't jail low leel drug users? That completely contradicts what I have heard. I have heard that big drug dealers get to plea out by paying big fines -- which they have the money to do -- and get off with little or no jail time. Small drug dealers and users don't have the money to reduce their sentences so much and so that is the population that is in jail.
Per the article: “These are not low-level drug users,” Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said. “These are people with violent histories across the board, who are trafficking large amounts of drugs. This is a tough group of people.” >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, these are tough people. SEALs are tough people, too. So, these drug dealers are just out to kill anyone they see. They are not just out to be violent with other drug dealers who horn in on their territories, or with users that don't pay, or with, ahem, law enforcement? So, seems to me the risk to "innocent parties" would be to police, and NOT the general public. So, the release of the drug dealers is making the police nervous?
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Per the article: In the first public description of the inner workings of the lab, a co-worker testified Thursday that Dookhan had virtually unrestricted access to the drug-testing laboratory in Jamaica Plain. The chemist, who did not testify, had the codes to gain access to the lab’s computer system and could open the lab in the morning, her colleague said. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, she could also open the lab in the middle of the night? And would anyone know if she had gone in at 3:00AM? And could she have gone in with other people? Is there video surveillance of the doors and interior? Do the door codes allow access only during work hours? If not, she could have tampered with evidence to help or hurt a case. She could have made lots of money doing favors. Have her phone calls and emails been examined to see if she was fixing cases? (I'm not saying she did, I'm just saying she could have.)
I agree. She must have had some other agenda. Oh, I think it was, my God, money. So the
lower authorities used her to disembowel the judicalsystem.
I agree. She must have had some other agenda. Oh, I think it was, my God, money. So the
lower authorities used her to disembowel the judicalsystem.
By the way, I don't blame the police for being nervous. It's a strange new world we live in, and I am getting old. I turn on the TV and I see the pro football players all wearing pink sneakers and with little pick towels. And I get emergency notifictions from the local police station when a thunder storm is coming through. And guys are crying in TV interviews all the time.
Remember, the problem is management. Ms. Dookhan was able to create test results that were how she wanted them to turn out. The other chemists in the lab were being managed by the same people. There is no assurance that their test results were correct. Even if they were not wholesalelly manipulating the results, they certainly could have for a case or 2 AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE EVER KNOWN. Right? Tell me why that is wrong.
They knew they had a problem for years. Another diversity hire train-wreck. And they let it happen even when they knew what was going on!!! Everybody gets to feed at the public trough TWICE!! The lawyers all get paid again. The government lawyers get paid. The cops get OT. All the experts get OT. All the co-workers have to testify at 500 trials. More OT. Special courts. Special cops to follow them. Everyone rides on the public dime two or three more times!! Every Democrat gets to feed at the public trough a second and third time!!!!! All calculated or they would have shut it down in 2008! And YOU get to pay the bills for all of these Democrat government employees who get to game this system a second time and 'unwind the problem'... Nothing will change in this state until every Democrat is shown the door in the elections next month! They are using you and you don't even have a clue!
Everyone makes mistakes, my son. It's Human Nature. The important thing is to admit them, reaffirm fealty to the hierarchy, and ask for forgiveness. If you admit you are a sinner but you still love the hierarchy then you can be rehabilitated. And, as you have hinted, rehabilitation can be quite rewarding (we handle these things all the time). Staying loyal is THE most important thing. Your reputation will start to be refreshed immediately. And if it's too far gone we can always move to somewhere else where they don't know you very well to give you a new start. That is how the world works. Remember, let the one who is without sin cast the first stone.
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user_4408549 wrote, "They knew they had a problem for years. Another diversity hire train-wreck."
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Are you saying that Ms. Dookhan's management was the result of a diversity hire? Because the Big Problem here was NOT with Ms. Dookhan, it WAS (and perhaps STILL IS) with Ms. Dookhan's management. I think one could say with fairly good assurance that if a given management was asleep at the switch all kinds of interesting things would be done by those being "managed". How many people would be completely honest if they KNEW they would never be found out? This seems like a rhetorical question, but it isn't. Studies have been done, and the results are not confidence inspiring. I'd request that the Globe publish some info about these studies, but I'm not sure anyone is listening over there.
she should be charged as an accomplice for every crime these ppl commit
begolfing wrote, "she should be charged as an accomplice for every crime these ppl commit."
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Quite an emotional statement -- clearly you would not be wanted working in law, justice, or law enforcement, but also, essentially, may I say, a stupid comment because, 1) You are blaming the individual and not also her management (which, I sure is just what management hopes you will do), 2) the charge would be inappropriate. So, you may have taken a big swing at this one, begolfing, but it has squibbled off the T and into the trap.
Whereas cigarettes and coffee are addictive drugs, (Coffee's mine) I think there should be a war on these drugs too. But note that since they are legal, there is no incentive for criminals to geti nvolved in selling them on the black market. So maybe my idea is silly, as it was intended to be. But then if you take all drugs out of the black market, there'd be no druggie criminals . But then the war on drugs is another good way to flush down, you know where, large chunks of our national treasure and don't forget all the jobs it produces. See? There is always a good side to stupidity.