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A Woburn Police Officer Is Gunned Down At Robbery. Is Massachusetts Parole Board To Blame?- Attorney Sam?s Take

By Altman & Altman

2010 is ending with a tragedy which many people believe could have, and should have, been averted. I am talking about the recent homicide of Woburn police officer John Maguire as he tried to apprehend robbery suspects during Sunday?s blizzard. The accused killer, Dominic Dinelli , 57, (hereinafter, the ?Parolee?), is also dead, by the way. Massachusetts is in an uproar pointing the finger of blame at the Parole Board which paroled the Parolee in 2008. In fact, let?s be clear. The Board did fail to follow the applicable law which mandates that the prosecutors who put the Parolee away 20 years earlier be notified of the hearing. Does this really mean that, had the Board notified the Middlesex District Attorney?s Office, the Parolee would not have been released? If so, would the prosecutor?s intervention have been warranted? There is no reason to believe that the prosecutors had any more knowledge about the Parolee than the Board already did...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on December 31, 2010 (boomark / email).