I am a mother. First, foremost and most importantly. I have always been a mother, even before I had children. I perceive that mothers are those women who insist on trying to make the world safer, better, more fair and a caring place. Mothers teach and share and balance responsibilities, obligations and prerogatives. I became a biological mother much later in life than most women my age. For more than forty years I have also been a lawyer. … [Read more...]
TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE
The Book That Won A Presidential Pardon! Updated With Breaking News! Plus Copy Of The Pardon! On the morning of July 2, 2012, in the most dangerous warzone in the world, Lieutenant Clint Lorance took command of his small band of American paratroopers at the spearhead of the American War in Afghanistan. Intelligence reports that morning warned of a Taliban ambush against Lorance’s platoon. Fifteen minutes into their patrol, three … [Read more...]
Attorney Margo Nash Sheds Light On One of Boston’s Most Controversial Murder Cases In True Crime THE POLITICS OF MURDER
On a hot night in July 1995, Janet Downing, a 42-year-old mother of four, was brutally stabbed 98 times in her home in Somerville, a city two miles northwest of Boston. Within hours, a suspect was identified: 15-year-old Eddie O’Brien, the best friend of one of Janet’s sons. But why Eddie? He had no prior history of criminal behavior. He was not mentally ill. He had neither motive nor opportunity to commit the crime. … [Read more...]
THE POLITICS OF MURDER Receives Great Review By The Somerville News Weekly
WildBlue's new true crime book, THE POLITICS OF MURDER: The Power And Ambition Behind "The Altar Boy Murder Case" by Margo Nash, just received an excellent review by Victoria Hewlett in The Somerville News Weekly. Read the full review here: https://thesomervillenewsweekly.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/the-politics-of-murder-was-the-convicted-teenager-eddie-obrien-and-in-one-of-bostons-most-infamous-murder-trials-actually-innocent/ This book is the … [Read more...]
Attorney and True Crime Author Margo Nash
Writing has always been an essential part of my life, but I never aspired to become a published author. Nor did I ever dream that I would write a book that could impact the life of a man who was falsely accused and convicted of a heinous murder. My early writing was personal and private, but when I got my first job as an editorial and teaching assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I started to … [Read more...]
