Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44
This Note begins by describing the process for seeking benefits as a disabled veteran in the United States. It next examines how PTSD due to sexual assault is subject to a higher level of scrutiny in the benefit application process. The Note then considers the...
Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44
This Note argues that, absent objection at trial, the Massachusetts courts should review admission of objectionable evidence as potential ineffective assistance of counsel, rather than as error under the miscarriage of justice standard. Part II.A discusses the impact...
Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44
The striped bass has long been a symbol of America’s coastal bounty. During his maiden voyage into the Chesapeake Bay in 1608, Captain John Smith observed of the striped bass, “I myself at the turning of the tyde have seen such multitudes that it seemed to me that...
Mar 9, 2011 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 44
This Note argues that the Massachusetts legislature should enact a post-conviction DNA access statute by focusing on various approaches of other state courts and legislatures in recognizing a statutory right to post-conviction DNA testing. The goal of this Note is not...
Mar 9, 2011 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 44
In the wake of Boumediene, there has been a flood of litigation in which detainees seek the writ of habeas corpus challenging their detention as unlawful. As of this writing, there have been roughly thirteen detainees released, while at least sixteen others who were...