The Kickham Comment - Boston Criminal Attorney Blog
In my previous post on this subject, I discussed how the U.S. Supreme Court is currently weighing the constitutionality of a statute passed by the state of California in 2005, to limit the sale of graphically violent, interactive video games to minors under the age of 18. Once again, the First Amendment is front and […]
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Violent Video Games and Minors: SCOTUS Weighs California’s Effort To Curb the Resulting Barbarism – Part One of Two
Each October, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS, in the legal community,) hears arguments on cases that it has announced earlier in the year, that it will hear. Last month, it heard oral arguments on a California law that sought to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to teenagers under […]
SCOTUS Decision Allowing Violent Video Sales To Teens: Devastating Blow To Public Safety and Decency
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down California’s law banning the sale or rental of brutally violent, interactive video games to teenagers is a low point in this country’s culture. To say that the day this decision was issued (Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Association,) was a “sad day,” is far, far too inadequate: It […]
Black Friday Shopping Store Injuries: Uncivilized Masses, or Et Tu, Brutus?
Well, well – here we are: Black Friday, that ignominious day in the American calendar when otherwise (and I use this term liberally) “normal” people, turn into openly aggressive, violent, even maniacal individuals – all in the name of scoring a few less dollars on the latest wide screen TV or pair of sneakers. To […]
Massachusetts Gun Permit Applications Skyrocket
More and more these days, I get calls from people who want me to assist them in obtaining a Massachusetts firearms license (gun permit,) or to represent them in an appeal of a permit denial they have received. Importantly, these aren’t people who have been accused of committing any crimes – they’re law-abiding citizens who […]
Road Rage: Is Your Life Really Worth It?
I’ve lived in Massachusetts my whole life. I’ve been driving since I was able to get my learner’s permit at age 16 (no, I won’t tell you what year that was…) The point being, I know what it’s like to drive in Massachusetts – and for anyone reading this from the Bay State, you know: […]
Oregon Shooting Massacre: Focus Should Be On Source of Violence, Not Weapons
“Deja Vu, all over again.” I don’t mean for that quote from the late Yogi Berra to be humorous here. I’m talking about yet another mass shooting, this time in Oregon. Ten people killed, seven wounded. For me, as Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer, one of the scariest things about this latest massacre, is this: Here […]
ACLU’S LATEST “BIG IDEA”: LET’S BAN DRUG AND WEAPONS-SNIFFING DOGS FROM PRISONS
Most people who know me would tell you I’m “Not a liberal,” – and they’d be right. Most of my non-liberal views and positions concern political issues. However, when it comes to legal issues and protecting the legal rights of defendants who have been accused of crimes, I fight tooth and nail to protect and […]
“Puppy Doe” Case: What Causes This Kind of Unimaginable Cruelty?
In my last post on this subject, I wrote of the literally unbelievable torture intentionally inflicted on an innocent dog, named Puppy Doe by the Animal Rescue League doctors and volunteers that tried, to no avail, to salvage its broken body and life. Police investigators have so far discovered that the female puppy was sold […]
Massachusetts “Puppy Doe” Animal Cruelty Case: How Possible?
People across Massachusetts, and even the nation, are collectively appalled and sickened by what has become known as the “Puppy Doe” case here. For readers who don’t yet know, a dog was found on a roadside in Quincy, Massachusetts on August 31, barely alive. The female dog, estimated to be a little more than one […]