It’s often said that “time heals all wounds.” That may be true in many areas of life, but often not when it comes to sexual assault and rape. Nothing proved that more than the sex abuse scandal within the Roman Catholic church, which was finally forced to face justice (civil…
Earlier this week, the fabled Boston University hockey team received a slap shot of its own, when one of its players was arrested on Massachusetts rape charges. A Boston University spokesperson confirmed that Max Nicastro, a defenseman on the hockey team, was arrested on Massachusetts sexual assault charges. BU police…
A few years ago, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a law prohibiting defendants convicted of certain Massachusetts sex offenses from being placed as residents in nursing homes. Ostensibly, the law applied only to Level 3 sex offenders, which are considered the most likely to reoffend, according to the Massachusetts Sex Offender…
A lot of people ask me why it’s so crucially important that all criminal defendants be presumed innocent until proven guilty, especially when the evidence against the defendant at the time of the arrest and trial and trial seems so convincing. Usually, I answer that question with “What if you…
The Massachusetts Legislature has enacted a number of laws relating to sexual abuse and sexual molestation against underage victims. There are several Massachusetts rape and sexual assault laws, but exactly what does “statutory rape” mean? Most people think they know the correct answer (“Sex with an underage girl”), while the…
It seems that accusations of Massachusetts rape & sexual abuse can even reach into police departments. Recently, an officer in the Lowell Police Department was charged with raping two prostitutes, and soliciting sex from other prostitutes, while on duty as a police officer. According to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s…
In my last post on this subject, I discussed the irresponsibility of some organizations and media outlets, in taking extreme license in promoting legally invalid definitions of rape. In that post, I had mentioned views advocated by some colleges and universities. When it comes to the university and academic community,…
Date Rape, also referred to as “Acquaintance Rape” can be a serious problem, and is real. Notwithstanding that the media have been reporting date rape as a new phenomenon, primarily due to the covert use of an anesthetic drug, the practical reality is that drugs (most frequently alcohol,) have been…
Forcible rape or sexual asaault, when it actually occurs, is a crime that is despicable. I wanted that to be my opening sentence in this post, for a good reason. When rape actually occurs, it should be investigated and prosecuted thoroughly. But in almost all rape and sexual assault cases,…