Posted on 01/11/2010 8:00:29 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
The state’s highest court ruled Monday that former House Speaker Thomas Finneran should be disbarred from the practice of law.
Finneran, who pled guilty in 2007 to obstruction of justice, had sought a lesser punishment of suspension, but the court sided with the Board of Bar Overseers. "(Finneran’s)" misconduct implicates both the integrity of the judicial system and the honesty of a member of the bar," Justice Margot Botsford wrote for the court.
"We have no reason to disagree with the finding that (Finneran’s) conduct during the voting rights lawsuit represented an aberrant event in his long career of serving his constituency and the public with loyalty and distinction. But the respondent was convicted of a serious crime involving false testimony to a court under oath in a significant case about fundamental rights."
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Felon Finneran Ping
I am in shock that a corrupt Lefty Massachusetts politician will be held accountable for his actions. Are pigs flying in Massachusetts today?
No mention of party...must be one of those EEEEEEEEEVIL Conservatives /sarc
“My heart, is like an alligator”. - Howie Carr will say this at 3:02 this afternoon
I’d meet him when I was in the studio with Reese. He’s a hard guy not to like when talk to him.
How about a (Massachusetts) in the headline, when these names aren’t familiar to most of the US?
well I guess even the bad guys can be nice guys sometimes....didn’t he kind of off handidly threaten Howie on the air? something about taking him for a ride and Howie not coming back...
oops..
massgopguy wrote: “I’d meet him when I was in the studio with Reese. He’s a hard guy not to like when talk to him.”
..... Yup, Finneran is a glib, friendly, intelligent guy with more than a touch of Dorchester style street corner charisma. He’s also a dyed in the wool political hack who has been hip-deep in the RICO enterprise commonly known as the Democratic Party in Massachusetts.
“I am in shock that a corrupt Lefty Massachusetts politician will be held accountable for his actions. Are pigs flying in Massachusetts today?”
Pigs flying in Massachusetts? Although, I didn’t see any in the sky on my way to work today, I PRAY that this is a trend and they are flying high on the 19th when Scott Brown-R is elected to the US Senate! We need a Republican from Massachusetts in the Senate.
a man of blarney from Southie?
AGREE!
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