Massachusetts criminal incompetence

[Team Sergeant]

Massachusetts parole board = criminal incompetence.....

Three Life Sentences and the Massachusetts parole board set him free.......

Just when I thought I've heard and seen everything.....

Team Sergeant



Massachusetts Cop Was Killed by Career Criminal Out on Parole Despite Three Life Sentences

Published December 29, 2010
| FoxNews.com


Massachusetts Parole Board

Oct. 2008: Dominic Cinelli tells Massachusetts Parole Board he's a changed man.

The Massachusetts Parole Board is under scrutiny after a local police officer was killed by a career criminal who was released despite serving a term of three concurrent life sentences.

Dominic Cinelli was serving time for shooting a security guard during an armed robbery to feed his heroin addiction when he told the board in November 2008 that he was a changed man, the Boston Globe reported.

Four months later the board unanimously voted to free Cinelli, but police say the 57-year-old returned to his ugly ways Sunday, fatally shooting Woburn police officer John Maguire, 60, while robbing a Kohl's department store. Cinelli also died in the shootout.

But critics say Cinelli isn't the only person to blame for Maguire's death.

"I don't know how any member of the Parole Board justifies that," Laurie Myers, president of Community Voices, a Chelmsford-based nonprofit that advocates on behalf of crime victims, told the Globe. "He shouldn't have been out, and now there's another person dead."

Cinelli had a lengthy rap sheet filled with armed robberies, assaults and other offenses, had been serving three life sentences since 1976, and had chronic disciplinary problems while in prison including two escapes during which he committed crimes, the Globe reported.

Still, he won the board over by saying the deaths in the family, including his mother's, and drug counseling changed him, the paper reported.

"When you hear that somebody who had been serving three life sentences is released on parole and commits another violent crime that causes the death of a police officer, that causes us great concern," Mark K. Leahy, president of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association and the Northborough police chief told the Globe.

John Grossman, the state's undersecretary of public safety and security, told the Globe that Gov. Deval Patrick ordered the Parole Board to review the decision.

"We're doing a complete look at what happened, and whatever amount of time it takes to do it right, we're going to take," he said.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/29...ife-sentences/

[Sigaba]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

John Grossman, the state's undersecretary of public safety and security, told the Globe that Gov. Deval Patrick ordered the Parole Board to review the decision.

"We're doing a complete look at what happened, and whatever amount of time it takes to do it right, we're going to take," he said.

Mr. Maguire must be so relieved by Mr. Grossman's commitment.

[Sohei]

It appears that the "review" of this case is obviously coming a little late. This case doesn't need to be reviewed because he had a history, both while free and incarcerated, that dictated that he serve his sentence. They need to re-adjust their method of determining who to parole. Obviously there were some gross errors made in this decision and it cost another human life.

RIP Officer Maguire. Thank you for your many years of service and your ultimate sacrifice. Prayers out to your family, friends and fellow police officers.

[echoes]

"We're doing a complete look at what happened, and whatever amount of time it takes to do it right, we're going to take," he said.

Jack-assery at it's finest. Really??? If he would pull his head out long enough, maybe he would realize the right thing to do was not to let the thug out in the first place!

Believe there is a village somewhere missing some idiots.

RIP Officer Maguire.

Holly

[rubberneck]

How did a convicted felon get around Massachusetts air tight gun laws?

Part of the problems with states like Mass is that the powers that be are committed to the idea that prisons can reform habitual violators. With a rap sheet like this guy's anyone with a lick of common sense should have realized that he isn't going to straighten up and fly right. He should have never seen the light of day and everyone on the board of parole should resign or be fired for disregarding reality.

[akv]

Prayers Out for the family of Officer Maguire.

[Pete]

A parole board has no accountability.

I wonder how many thugs would be paroled if the parole board members were charged as accessories for any future crimes.

That policy would work for me.

[dr. mabuse]

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[BigJimCalhoun]

Originally Posted by rubberneck

How did a convicted felon get around Massachusetts air tight gun laws?

.

I suspect that some in Massachusetts would consider this to be the gun's fault, as if an inanimate object could be to blame and if there were no guns there would be no crime. Obviously I don't agree with that but some do.

[Richard]

"We're doing a complete look at what happened, and whatever amount of time it takes to do it right, we're going to take," he said.

Now where have we heard that one before? Shades of Willie Horton and the promises of the State of Massachusetts.

Richard

[Red Flag 1]

Given his "sterling", well behaved, trouble free, prison stay, it is easy to see how the parole board made its decision to free this rehabilitated murderer. I am sure they are just shocked to learn of Cinelli's behavior.

Well no worries folks, he won't do it again; however, history suggests that the parole board will.

RF 1

[Todd 1]

Cinelli had a lengthy rap sheet filled with armed robberies, assaults and other offenses, had been serving three life sentences since 1976, and had chronic disciplinary problems while in prison including two escapes during which he committed crimes, the Globe reported.

But the parole board let him out anyway , what is happening to society? I don't know what else to say

RIP Officer Maguire.

[Oldrotorhead]

Originally Posted by Red Flag 1

Given his "sterling", well behaved, trouble free, prison stay, it is easy to see how the parole board made its decision to free this rehabilitated murderer. I am sure they are just shocked to learn of Cinelli's behavior.

Well no worries folks, he won't do it again; however, history suggests that the parole board will.

RF 1

If these people do so well in prison and have no aptitude
for a life that includes freedon and responsibility why should the parole board interfere with something that is working for everyone??

[Requiem]

Cinelli also died in the shootout.

That's the only good thing about this story. Changed man? What a load of BS.

RIP, Officer Maguire. Prayers out for your family.

Susan

[Ken Brock]

Unfortunately I see this kind of crap very often

just recently, our department had a case where a punk had shaken and suffocated his 18 month old child to the point of where the baby only had 20% brain function and was blind

this particular jackass had dragged a kid off her bike and into his bedroom about 12 years ago and raped her

then about 5 years ago he kidnapped another girl. It took us almost 4 years to track him down on that one but he was finally caught in Feb 09. we were only able to find him with the concentrated effort of the US Marshals fugitive task force

this incident where he assaulted his child happened in November of this year

the baby's mother had a bench warrant (already convicted of a misdemeanor because she didn't show in court) so when I interviewed her to find the sperm donor and she didn't give up where he was, I took her to jail

I figured if she sat there overnight that maybe she would be willing to give me the intel to find the dad

she should have done 15 days on the bench warrant. She did a grand total of 2 hours and 50 minutes and was gone again

then warrants come out for the child about and I had to find both the parents

luckily I was able to round them both up in a couple of days but that's the kind of crap I deal with every day that I work