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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/us/boston-straight-pride-protest-arrest/index.html

'In addition, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers called for an investigation and formal inquiry into the matter.

"Judge Sinnott's actions constitute egregious judicial misconduct, demonstrate a lack of proper temperament, and violated the constitutional and statutory rights of both the accused and Attorney Church," the organization said. "Moreover, his refusal to allow the executive branch to function independently underscores either an alarming lack of rudimentary understanding of the constitutional principle of separation of powers, or a belief that he would not be held accountable."

Judge Sinnott, who was appointed to the bench by Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, in 2017, declined to comment, said Jennifer Donahue, spokesperson for the court.'


https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/09/09/states-highest-court-sides-with-suffolk-da-rollins-in-straight-pride-battle-with-judge

'A Supreme Judicial Court justice sided with Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Monday, vacating the decision of a lower court judge to arraign a counter-protester of the so-called "Straight Pride" parade earlier this month.

Justice Frank Gaziano wrote that Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott had "no authority" to reject a prosecutor's entry of "nolle prosequi" — a decision not to prosecute the case — when arraigning defendant Roderick Webber. [...]

"The prosecutor's sole authority to determine which cases to prosecute, and when not to pursue a prosecution, has been affirmed repeatedly by this court since the beginning of the nineteenth century," Gaziano wrote. [...]

Making it even more egregious, she said, is that the judge was appointed — not elected, like the DA.

“A person appointed thinks that their opinion can somehow trump hundreds of years of precedence because they disagree with what we’re proposing, and that’s just unacceptable,” [Rollins] said.'
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