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NYT Ed. Makes Up Its Own "Facts"

Updated: 2011-04-30 14:21:16

. HOME Main NYT Ed . Makes Up Its Own Facts April 30, 2011 7:21 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Everyone is entitled to his own opinion , Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said , but not his own facts . The editorial writers of the New York Times didn't get the memo . nbsp They regularly lard their editorials with misstatements of fact . nbsp The downward spiral of the newspaper once considered the newspaper of record continues with this editorial on the Connecticut death penalty repeal bill . nbsp Near the end is this : whopper But the facts are undeniable . The death penalty does not deter crime and the long history of legal abuses is well . documented No need to mince words here . nbsp To state that it is an undeniable fact that the death penalty does not deter is a bald-faced

News Scan

Updated: 2011-04-29 16:08:40

HOME Main News Scan April 29, 2011 9:08 AM Posted by CJLF Staff 0 Comments FBI Poorly Equipped for Cyber Crime : nbsp Pete Yost of the Associated Press reports on the Justice Department's Inspector General's report finding that about a third of FBI agents lack the networking and counter intelligence skills to investigate cyber crimes . nbsp Senator Susan Collins stated , that the need for a strong cyber security work force in the federal government is more urgent than ever The report suggested that to improve the ability to stop cyber attacks their needs to be better information sharing between the FBI and other law enforcement officials on the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force . nbsp The report said that some representatives on the task force were often asked to leave meetings

Online Job Posting Scam via Malware Infected E-mails

Updated: 2011-04-29 08:21:26

The FBI has reported that cyber criminals have once again executed a well planned ACH/ wire transfer fraud, by responding through e-mails to businesses that had offered online job postings. It has been revealed by the FBI that various US based businesses have been robbed of more than $150,000 via unauthorized wire transfer, as a [...]

Report on Connecticut Death Penalty

Updated: 2011-04-28 21:50:17

CJLF has released a report examining the death penalty in Connecticut and the claims made by those proposing repeal. The report finds that capital cases in Connecticut are remarkably free of the problems that prompted repeal in Illinois. The report also addresses claims that death penalty prosecutions in the state are racially biased and that repeal of the death penalty would result in substantial savings of tax dollars. Both claims are found to be unsupported by solid evidence.Press release is here.

News Scan

Updated: 2011-04-28 16:09:21

HOME Main Report on Connecticut Death Penalty News Scan April 28, 2011 9:09 AM Posted by CJLF Staff 0 Comments LAPD Finally Analyzes All 6,132 Untested DNA Rape : Kits The Los Angeles Police Department announced it has finally cleared its decade-long 6,000 rape kit DNA backlog . nbsp The evidence sat untouched in LAPD storage freezers for years as the department's understaffed lab fell way behind . nbsp The backlog was cleared after police officials gathered several million dollars in federal grants , public funds , and private donations to cover the costs of outsourcing the DNA testing to private labs . nbsp The testing revealed 1,000 matches between DNA profiles found in the rape kits and those stored in the databases . nbsp However , in several of the cases , the person identified by

They Really Are Crazy

Updated: 2011-04-28 08:26:43

HOME Main They Really Are Crazy April 28, 2011 1:26 AM Posted by Bill Otis 0 Comments It is sometimes said that , since the United States successfully deterred the Soviet Union with the threat of nuclear annihilation in retaliation for an attack , we can do the same to avert mass murder by al Qaeda terrorists . nbsp Hence no need for an aggresssive , nbsp forward-looking strategy to defeat . them This overlooks the fact that the Soviet Union had a fixed address and al Qaeda doesn't . nbsp More importantly , it overlooks the fact that the Soviet Union was an imperialist state , while al Qaeda is , apparently to a significant degree , a radical and primitive religious movement bent on death to infidels , defined as non-Muslims . nbsp As more than one al Qaeda adherant has said , they embrace

Lawrence Massachusetts Man, 19 Charged In Lowell District Court With Stabbing After Road Rage Incident

Updated: 2011-04-28 00:30:02

, Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Lawrence Massachusetts Man , 19 Charged In Lowell District Court With Stabbing After Road Rage Incident April 27, 2011 Posted In : Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 27, 2011 6:30 PM Permalink According to reports in the Lowell Sun and Lawrence Eagle Tribune , on April 20, 2011 police received a call about a road rage incident on Route 93. They arrived to find Dennis Keohane with six stab wounds . Apparently Keohane and the defendant Breslin Reyes of Lawrence , Massachusetts had an exchange on the highway . They exited the road got out of their vehicles and got into a fight that

News Scan

Updated: 2011-04-27 21:32:00

HOME Main News Scan April 27, 2011 2:32 PM Posted by CJLF Staff 0 Comments Parole Denied in Bizarre California Plane : Murder A California state panel denied parole Tuesday for 62-year-old Lawrence Cowell , a southern California man convicted of murdering his childhood friend , Scott Campbell , for money then throwing his body out of an airplane into the Pacific Ocean . nbsp Cowell admitted in the parole hearing that he was responsible for Campbell's death but wouldn't admit that he killed him . nbsp District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said , Instead of accepting responsibility for what he did and showing remorse , Cowell has continued to lie , shift the blame to others and assault innocent people each time he was briefly set free . When Campbell was killed , Cowell was free on bail awaiting

Will the U.S. Soon Face a Shortage of Lawyers?

Updated: 2011-04-27 19:39:35

. Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Will the U.S . Soon Face a Shortage of Lawyers Published by John Richards on April 27, 2011 in Lawyers 0 Comments Tags : attorneys big law law law firm law school Lawyers legal Bear with me on this . I know it sounds crazy , especially for those in the legal industry . Over the last few years , an attitude of doom and gloom about employment for recent law school graduates has become almost axiomatic : students go to law school for the wrong reasons , law schools embellish their employment statistics , the ABA will grant full accreditation to a taco truck with a handwritten sign that says Lawskool , and , every year , there are more new law school graduates than there are law . jobs There are quite a few

Representing Unpopular Causes

Updated: 2011-04-27 17:45:46

HOME Main News Scan Representing Unpopular Causes April 27, 2011 10:45 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments The ABA's theme for Law Day , May 1, is representing unpopular causes . nbsp This article by Ed Finkel in ABA Journal notes that theme features John Adams and his defense of the British soldiers tried for murder after the Boston Massacre . nbsp Adams got acquittals for six and got two off with manslaughter rather than murder . nbsp Under the odd and soon-to-be-scrapped sentencing law of the time , that meant the difference between light punishment and hanging . nbsp See G . Dalzell , Benefit of Clergy in America 204 1955 For a brief summary of this early sentencing law , see Part I of our brief in Ring v . Arizona The article's dateline says it was posted May 1, 2011, but unless

ABA Webinar on Neuroscience and the Law

Updated: 2011-04-27 17:35:35

HOME Main Representing Unpopular Causes ABA Webinar on Neuroscience and the Law April 27, 2011 10:35 AM Posted by Steve Erickson 0 Comments The American Bar Association has a series of upcoming webinars that look quite intriguing . nbsp Topics include Memory and Lie Detection Substance Dependence Competency Issues and Violence The presenters include numerous scholars , researchers , and policy makers , including Professor Nita Farahany who runs the excellent Law and Bioscience Digest blog . nbsp Hopefully , the presenters will refrain from brain overclaim Categories General Leave a comment Name Email Address URL Remember personal info Comments You may use HTML tags for style Search Subscribe to this blog's feed Subscribe to FULL feed Recent Entries Representing Unpopular Causes ABA Webinar

Meeting George Soros

Updated: 2011-04-27 17:25:19

Billionaire George Soros is not exactly known as a friend of vigorous law enforcement, or of the United States for that matter. Nonetheless, and believing that meeting the opposition is better than just sneering at them, tomorrow it seems I will have the opportunity to ask Mr. Soros a question or two. This is because I've been invited to the Cato Institute's book forum on "The Constitution of Liberty" by F. A. Hayek. Also in on the forum ill be he brilliant Professor Richard Epstein of NYU. I've spent ll day ondering what I should ask Mr. Soros, and if anyone has an idea, I'm all ears.

Whopper of the Day

Updated: 2011-04-27 17:20:25

From Ms. Rehab herself, Ms. Lindsay Lohan: "I'm gonna do what I'm told to do." Don't believe me? Hey, it's on tape. I know, I know. The Lohan story is a cheap trick at this point. On the other hand, so is rehab, so why not just laugh at the joke?

It's a Wrap

Updated: 2011-04-27 16:36:40

The US Supreme Court has concluded its scheduled arguments for this term. From now through about mid-June, they will be releasing opinions in cases already argued, grants of certiorari petitions for argument next term (beginning in October), and some summary dispositions without oral argument.Expect most of the opinions to be released on Mondays (or the Tuesday after Memorial Day), with possibly a few on Thursdays in June.

Herring what?

Updated: 2011-04-27 15:52:33

HOME Main It's a Wrap Herring what April 27, 2011 8:52 AM Posted by Christine Dowling 0 Comments A Millville , New Jersey police officer stopped a group of people for unlawfully riding bicycles on the sidewalk . nbsp One of the riders identified himself as Germaine Handy of Millville , New Jersey , birth date March 18, 1974. The dispatcher informed Officer Carlo Drogo that there was a ten-year-old outstanding warrant for Handy . nbsp Handy was found to be in possession of cocaine and was subsequently charged with a drug . offense It was later learned that the outstanding warrant was for J ermaine Handy of Los Angeles , California , birth date March 1 4 197 2 Handy moved to suppress the drugs as the fruit of an unlawful arrest . nbsp The trial court determined the dispatcher had been aware

Sex-Change Surgery for Transgender Inmates?

Updated: 2011-04-26 22:41:10

: The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog Published by Home Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Apr 26, 2011 Sex-Change Surgery for Transgender Inmates Lyralisa Sevens is a California transgender prison inmate . nbsp Stevens was born a male but identifies as female . California provides Stevens with hormone replacement therapy , but Stevens is housed with male prisoners because Stevens' male genitalia is intact . nbsp Stevens has sued the state , asking a court to order the state to pay for a sex-change surgery that will result in Stevens' transfer to a female prison . Stevens claims that a male prison is a dangerous place for an inmate with feminine deportment and breasts . That's probably true . nbsp But judges cannot justify ordering a cash-strapped state to pay many

News Scan

Updated: 2011-04-26 20:02:33

HOME Main News Scan April 26, 2011 1:02 PM Posted by CJLF Staff 0 Comments Trucker With 10 Tons of Marijuana Sentenced to 21 Years : Greg Moran of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Carlos Cunningham was sentenced to 21 years and 8 months in prison for hauling almost 19,400 pounds of marijuana in November . Cunningham was stopped at a Southern California checkpoint and agents found the drugs in the back of the rig he was driving . Agents searched the warehouse in Otay Mesa where they had tracked Cunningham from and found a tunnel that ran beneath the border to Tijuana . Authorities seized 16 tons of marijuana from inside the tunnel . A second tunnel was found in Otay Mesa a few weeks after the first , and authorities say they ultimately seized close to 100,000 pounds of marijuana .

Corporal Punishment

Updated: 2011-04-26 17:38:36

HOME Main News Scan Corporal Punishment April 26, 2011 10:38 AM Posted by Steve Erickson 0 Comments The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article by Peter Moskos titled , In Defense of Flogging If I'd learned one thing as a police officer patrolling a poor neighborhood , it was the working- and lower-class populations' great fondness for corporal punishment . No punishment is as easy or seemingly satisfying as a physical beating . I learned this not because I beat people , but because the good citizens I swore to serve and protect often urged me to do so . It wasn't hard for me to resist I liked my job , and besides , I wasn't raised that way but I agreed that many of the disrespectful hoodlums deserved a beating . Why Because , as the old-school thinking goes , when people do wrong ,

Is California too broke to punish prisoners?

Updated: 2011-04-26 17:36:57

HOME Main Corporal Punishment Is California too broke to punish prisoners April 26, 2011 10:36 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Here is one of those pieces that is more remarkable for who says it than for what is : said Add sensible safety laws to the list of things that California can no longer afford . Forty-three other states and the federal government have laws forbidding the possession of cell phones in prisons . These other states have decided that the risks of allowing inmates to use cell phones and occasionally to set up other crimes on the outside outweighs the costs of punishment . In California , even though prison officials confiscate thousands of phones from inmates every year , the Legislature isn't sure we can afford to make phone smuggling or possession illegal .

Beverly Massachusetts Woman Advertising Erotic Massages Charged With Prostitution

Updated: 2011-04-26 00:53:59

Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Beverly Massachusetts Woman Advertising Erotic Massages Charged With Prostitution April 25, 2011 Posted In : Prostitution Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 25, 2011 6:53 PM Permalink Acting on a tip police officers from Beverly , Massachusetts started investigating whether Kellie Zukowski was providing Sex For a Fee Zukowski ran an ad in backpage.com . The ad suggested certain services were available for certain prices . An undercover detective posing as a customer responded to the ad . He met with Zukowski who offered him her services . Backup officers heard the conversation via a

Supreme Court to Consider Whether GPS Tracking a “Search” Requiring Warrant

Updated: 2011-04-21 22:17:19

Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Supreme Court to Consider Whether GPS Tracking a Search” Requiring Warrant Published by Andrew Dat on April 21, 2011 in Criminal Law 0 Comments Tags : car gps police search supreme court tracking device warrant Anyone else following the new search and seizure Fourth Amendment case pending before the U.S . Supreme Court The Justice Department's petition for writ sounds like something straight out of The Wire and has set the legal industry . abuzz This case may sound like legal nerd stuff , but I assure you that unlike a lot of the corporate nonsense cases that the court has been entertaining as of late , the outcome of United States of America v . Antoine Jones could have some really board implications on how

Christian Longo's Plea: "After you execute me, please harvest my organs."

Updated: 2011-04-21 20:48:03

: , . : The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog Published by Home Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Apr 21, 2011 Christian Longo's Plea : After you execute me , please harvest my organs . Christian Longo is on Oregon's death row , convicted of brutally murdering his wife and three small children . nbsp A healthy man aged 37, Longo has made an interesting humanitarian proposal . nbsp He will drop his appeal of the death sentence . nbsp This will save the state a lot of money . He will also agree to donation of his healthy organs after he is executed . nbsp Since Oregon has waiting lists of people desperate for organ transplants , Longo's proposal could save many . lives Yes to Longo's proposal sounds like a no-brainer . nbsp It sure would to me if I were in need of a

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Odor Of Burnt Marijuana Does Not Give Rise To Probable Cause Or Reasonable Suspicion To Justify Search And Seizure

Updated: 2011-04-20 06:22:53

Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Odor Of Burnt Marijuana Does Not Give Rise To Probable Cause Or Reasonable Suspicion To Justify Search And Seizure April 20, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 20, 2011 12:22 PM Permalink Just yesterday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided the case of Commonwealth v . Benjamin Cruz wherein after the defendant prevailed on a Motion to Suppress an illegal Search and Seizure the district attorney appealed to the state's highest court . The Court held that the mere odor of burnt marijuana without more does not give rise

Rehabilitive Sentencing

Updated: 2011-04-19 22:53:53

: The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog Published by Home Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Apr 19, 2011 Rehabilitive Sentencing The US Supreme Court will shortly decide whether a federal judge can lengthen a prison sentence for the purpose of giving a prisoner time to complete a prison drug rehabilitation program . nbsp The case involves Alejandra Tapia , nbsp who was convicted of crimes involving drugs and alien smuggling . nbsp The judge gave Tapia a longer-than-usual sentence though still within statuory limits in the hope that she would enroll in a prison drug rehabilitation program . nbsp Tapia is challenging the sentence , claiming that the relevant statute , 18 USC Sec . 3582, forbids judges from considering rehabilitative programs when deciding on the length of

Should We Consider Lowering the Drinking Age?

Updated: 2011-04-19 20:02:02

Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Should We Consider Lowering the Drinking Age Published by John Richards on April 19, 2011 in Criminal Law and Laws 0 Comments Tags : 18 21 age alcohol drinking driving drunk legal states For just about all people under the age of 30, we’ve never known a time when the legal drinking age was under 21. Or , the legal drinking age went up to 21 from 18, in most states long before it would have made any difference to . us However , in most countries around the world , and for much of America’s history starting when strict enforcement of legal drinking ages began the drinking age is was 18. However , beginning in the mid-1980s , states began to raise their legal drinking ages to 21, en masse . By 1988, every state

62 Year Old Salem Man Tackles Drug Trafficking Suspect, Detains Him Until Police Arrive

Updated: 2011-04-19 02:09:03

, Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home 62 Year Old Salem Man Tackles Drug Trafficking Suspect , Detains Him Until Police Arrive April 18, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Motor Vehicle Crimes Trafficking OxyContins By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 18, 2011 8:19 PM Permalink This past Friday evening Salem , Massachusetts police officers saw what looked to them like a drug transaction . The suspect , Aquiles Sanchez took off in his car leading officers on a chase . He then fled on foot . However , sixty two year old John Carr saw the cruiser lights and knew something was wrong . He saw Sanchez walking through a neighbors' yard . Carr told him

The Changing Reasons People Fight Over Spousal Support

Updated: 2011-04-18 19:42:08

Skip to content Law Blog Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Arizona’s Religious Freedom Law Has Hidden Agenda The Changing Reasons People Fight Over Spousal Support Published by Ansel Craft on April 18, 2011 in Family Law 0 Comments Tags : alimony attorneys changes law maintenance modification spousal support trend Spousal support called alimony or maintenance in some states is reportedly the most difficult issue a family law attorney handles , largely because it is so unpredictable . Now , the uncertain nature of spousal support is getting even more . variable A survey completed by the American Association of Marital Attorneys Lawyers found that 42 of the group's divorce attorneys accounted for an unusual’ increase” in modification of spousal support . cases LegalMatch is seeing this same

Federal Securities Regulation: The Saga Continues

Updated: 2011-04-18 18:34:39

The concept of Federal Securities Regulation in Canada is perennial. It keeps on coming back, most recently via a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada. Pundits will talk, industry insiders will cross their fingers and hope for a favourable ruling, yet I doubt very much the story will end here. It seems likely that [...]

Barry Bonds Convicted Of Obstruction Of Justice

Updated: 2011-04-14 17:58:32

Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Barry Bonds Convicted Of Obstruction Of Justice April 14, 2011 Posted In : Celebrities Federal Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 14, 2011 11:58 AM Permalink After four days of deliberations a Northern California jury rendered its verdict in the Barry Bonds perjury obstruction of justice case . The three perjury charges stemmed from allegations that Bonds made false statements while under oath before a federal grand jury in 2003. The jury was unable to return verdicts on those counts and a mistrial was declared . On two of these three counts the jury was leaning heavily towards acquittal .

Stockwell Day says Sorry

Updated: 2011-04-13 20:00:51

Should You Go to Law School?

Updated: 2011-04-13 19:36:11

The decision whether you should go to law school is fraught with complicated pros and cons, including opportunities, finances, salaries, and personal goals. Finally some anonymous law student has created a comprehensive site to help potential law students in evaluating all of these different factors. Read more about Should you go to law school on [...]

Cape Cod Pair Charged With Cocaine Distribution, Possession With Intent After Cops See Sale, Execute Search Warrant

Updated: 2011-04-13 19:03:06

, , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Cape Cod Pair Charged With Cocaine Distribution , Possession With Intent After Cops See Sale , Execute Search Warrant April 13, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Search and Seizure By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 13, 2011 1:03 PM Permalink Police in Harwich , Massachusetts observed Gianni Trombetta engaged in what they believed to be a Narcotics Sale in a local parking lot . The time and date of this sale was not disclosed in the attached article however there is a suggestion that police were investigating this matter for months . An arrest warrant was secured and at a later time Trombetta was

Pistol Whipping In Haverhill Massachusetts Ends With Two Being Charged With Armed Robbery, Gun Possession

Updated: 2011-04-11 06:07:04

, Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Pistol Whipping In Haverhill Massachusetts Ends With Two Being Charged With Armed Robbery , Gun Possession April 11, 2011 Posted In : Firearms Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 11, 2011 12:07 PM Permalink According to a report in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune a couple , Nicole Callahan and Brad Barton , living on Vernon Street in Haverhill invited Robert Donovan and Daniel Barley to their home . Shortly after their arrival one of the two brandished a Firearm . They demanded money from the victims . The couple said that they did not have any money . Barton was then pistol whipped .

Retro Is In

Updated: 2011-04-07 23:26:56

This post is a response to this article from the Telegraph about a French female lawyer ripping off another young woman’s burqa (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7735607/France-has-first-burka-rage-incident.html). What a disappointment! And what an insult – putting forward this law in the name of trying to protect women? This is bad law and bad policy made with bad intentions which [...]

Convicted Massachusetts Sex Offender Charged With Open And Gross Lewdness After Walking Around Store In Underpants

Updated: 2011-04-07 17:23:05

Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Convicted Massachusetts Sex Offender Charged With Open And Gross Lewdness After Walking Around Store In Underpants April 7, 2011 Posted In : Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 7, 2011 11:23 AM Permalink John Coppinger is a level three Sex Offender living in southeastern Massachusetts . Two days ago he walked into a Target store in Kingston around 9:30 in the evening . According to a report in the Quincy Patriot Ledger Coppinger asked a store employee if it was okay for him to wear shorts in the store . He then took off his pants and was wearing revealing skin-tight underpants and walked

Brockton Man, 30 Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking, Firearm Possession After Cops Execute Search Warrant

Updated: 2011-04-06 20:16:23

, , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Brockton Man , 30 Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking , Firearm Possession After Cops Execute Search Warrant April 6, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Firearms By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on April 6, 2011 2:16 PM Permalink Armed with a Search Warrant yesterday Brockton , Massachusetts Police went to 28 Bunker Avenue , the home of Kamal Smith . They arrived to find Smith in his bedroom . He had near him a handgun , ammunition and some Marijuana During the search officers also found nearly twenty grams of crack cocaine with an estimated street value of two thousand dollars . The bags of crack were individually