Massachusetts, the setting for the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, has a long tradition of bucking authority. Last April Massachusetts Judge Shelley Joseph and a court officer were accused of allowing an immigrant to evade detention by arranging for him to sneak out the back door of a courthouse.
Boston is a “sanctuary city,” and Boston courts have passed legal rulings that ICE officials can’t come into the courts to arrest immigrants. The Federal prosecutor in Boston charged Judge Joseph with obstruction of justice. She has refused a plea deal that would allow her to avoid prosecution if she admitted to breaking federal law. She’s going to trial.
Information for this post is from Ellen Barry, “ManFlees ICE, and His Judge May Go to Jail,” New York Times, (Nov. 17, 2019), p. 1, 20.
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