When: Thursday, March 24, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Northeastern University School of Law
240 Dockser Hall (65 Forsyth St., Boston)
Speakers:
Chuck Turner--Five-term Boston City Councilor representing Roxbury and Dorchester, and a lifetime activist for social justice, recently targeted by the FBI and the Massachusetts US Attorney
Bob Boyle--Attorney representing many activists and political prisoners targeted by the FBI's infamous Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO)
Laila Murad--Organizer from the Tarek Mehanna Support Committee
Michael Avery--Professor of Law, Suffolk Law School, won a landmark civil suit against the Boston FBI on behalf of four men wrongfully convicted of murder
Over the past few years, an atrocious history of government misconduct at the Massachusetts US Attorney's office has emerged in the court record, but few people have heard about it.
In the case Ferrara v. US, the court found that US Assistant Attorney Jeffrey Auerhahn worked with an FBI agent to coerce a witness into maintaining false testimony, withheld evidence of the witness's recantation from defense counsel, and perjured himself in court. Other members of the office have
- Withheld information about misconduct by FBI agents
- Consistently and deliberately withheld evidence of the innocence of defendants from defense counsel and from the court
The Massachusetts US Attorney has also demonstrated a clear set of political priorities: contempt for basic civil liberties and due process rights; an anti-immigrant agenda; selective prosecution of black political leaders; and the prosecution of an overwhelming number of indigent defendants and people of color.
Although the US Attorney's office has extraordinary power, people who are concerned about government abuses have paid comparatively little attention to its role within the criminal justice system.
Come participate in a public discussion about the Massachusetts US Attorney's Office and what we can do to hold it accountable to our concerns.
For more information, contact usattywatch (at ) hushmail.com
Sponsored by:
The Northeastern School of Law Chapters of the NLG (National Lawyers Guild), EPIC (Ending the Prison Industrial Complex), and BLSA (Black Law Student Association)
and by Community Church of Boston, Boston ABC, Black and Pink, Tarek Mehanna Support Committee, Jericho Boston.
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