The tragic death of 17-year-old Md. Shauna Murphy and her 15-year-old sister Meghan is heart-rending. Sadly, the girls death has illustrated that social status and political connection in Massachusetts are factors in public exposure and criminal prosecution. First and foremost, let us remember that Ms. Murphy killed herself, her sister, and injured another young teenage girl. Ms Murphy, was driving drunk.
February 7, 2007 Former AG ready for next challenge By Hillary Chabot BOSTON -- Former Attorney General Tom Reilly should gain a hefty salary hike thanks to a new position as partner at the Greenberg Traurig law firm. Reilly wouldn't say how much he makes in his new position, but American Lawyer magazine listed average annual compensation for Greenberg Traurig partners in 2005 at $610,000. He pulled in $130,000 as Attorney General. "That's private. That's the great thing about this job whatever I want to be is private," Reilly said. "It's exciting, and it's a wonderful opportunity for me and my family. It gives me opportunity to practice here in Boston." Reilly, who battled Big Dig corruption and a sex abuse in the church as attorney general, starts work at the firm at the end of the month. He plans on working on all types of cases at the law firm, which covers real estate, health care, and litigation and has 80 employees at the Boston location. A number of law firms contacted Reilly about a job since he stepped down as Attorney General in January, but he chose Greenberg Traurig because it will challenge him. "I look forward whatever cases I end up working on in whatever part of the world," Reilly said. The firm respects the law, just like he did during his work as Attorney General and Middlesex District Attorney General, he said. Employees at the law firm donated more than $30,000 to Reilly during his race for Governor last year. Reilly started as the Democratic front runner when he announced he was running in 2006, but stumbled after making some poor campaign decisions. He came in third out of three candidates in the Democratic primary, losing to Gov. Deval Patrick. Of his bumpy gubernatorial race and his work as attorney general, Reilly said he has no regrets. "I feel blessed and very fortunate that I've been able to have the experiences I've had," was all Reilly would say about the campaign. Reilly said he's proud of both current Attorney General Martha Coakley and District Attorney Gerry Leone, who have followed in his footsteps. "You put heart and soul into these offices for many years and you want to leave them in capable hands, and they are in capable hands," Reilly said. But he would not comment on the recent bomb scare hoax, where a viral marketing campaign sent public safety officials across Greater Boston into a panic. "I'm no longer the Attorney General. Martha Coakley is, and she's making those decisions. I'm not privy to what happened and what they knew," Reilly said. The 64-year-old Watertown resident did, however, think close friend and former co-worker Congressman Meehan would be a perfect fit at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Meehan once served as Reilly's assistant district attorney. "Marty is just a tremendous talent. He's been a wonderful congressman and certainly if that's a choice that the trustees make and that's the choice he makes for himself he certainly would do a wonderful job," Reilly said. "Certainly he has a bright career in front of him no matter what he does." And Reilly, sitting at a gigantic blond-wood meeting table and looking well-rested, feels he has a bright career in front of him -- outside of politics. "I feel good. I looked for this challenge and I'm ready for it," Reilly said. September 6, 2006 Tom Reilly’s latest screw up The Attorney General doesn’t give a damn about justiceAttorney General Thomas Reilly, who wants to be elected governor, is a proven master at chasing — and capturing — headlines. He nosed his way into the Catholic Church’s sex-abuse scandal, the sale of the Red Sox, and the outrage that ensued when local radio slime-masters engaged in racially offensive banter. Never mind that Reilly’s office had no jurisdiction. That’s politics, Massachusetts-style: so much hot hair so much of the time. Time, of course, wounds all heels. Reilly paid the piper in spades with his flip-flops on the death penalty and same-sex marriage. More painful still were the well-deserved black eyes he received for inappropriately meddling in a Worcester County drunk-driving investigation and ineptly naming the admirable but nevertheless income-tax delinquent state representative Marie St. Fleur as his running mate. But hey, at least the dailies spelled his name correctly. August 23, 2006 Records: Reilly accepted money from Big Dig company BOSTON -- Attorney General Tom Reilly, one of several gubernatorial candidates who have criticized the relationship between state government and Big Dig contractors, accepted a $500 campaign contribution from a former employee of a Big Dig company as recently as June 30. Charles Madden of Melrose, a retired executive vice president for Modern Continental, signed over a $500 check to Reilly dated June 30, according to the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance Web site. The cash was recorded as being given only 10 days before ceiling tiles in the I-90 connector tunnel collapsed and killed Milena Del Valle of Boston. August 12, 2006 For Reilly, things go better with Coke This week, the New York-based Campaign to Stop Killer Coke announced plans to dog Deval Patrick on the campaign trail about his tenure as Coca-Cola's general counsel. The week before, top Reilly campaign operatives discussed, via e-mail, how to ``map out shadow plans for our friend at Killer Coke." The ``friend" is a reference to Ray Rogers, the labor leader who runs a campaign aimed at exposing Coke's alleged misdeeds around the world. On Aug. 3, David Guarino, communications director for Reilly for Massachusetts, e-mailed two top Reilly advisers -- Will Keyser at Hill Holiday and John Stefanini, a lawyer at Greenberg Traurig: ``Subject: Re: `Killer coke'
August 11, 2006
The spot,
which is no longer in broadcast rotation but is still featured on
Mr. Reilly’s campaign Web site, is part of a montage of photographs
and video clips with a voiceover narration depicting
Mr. Reilly’s efforts on behalf of senior
citizens. April 11, 2006 Reilly role in abuse crisis is debated He takes partial credit for Law's departureAttorney General Thomas F. Reilly is highlighting his investigation of the clergy sex abuse scandal in his campaign for governor, and last week all but took credit for forcing Cardinal Bernard F. Law to resign in late 2002. The remarks, at a Democratic candidates' forum in Newburyport on Saturday, are prompting a debate among some longtime observers of the scandal, one of whom suggests that Reilly overstated his role. March 18, 2006 AG seeks $108m in Big Dig refunds Shoddy work is cited as settlements pursuedThe office of Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has demanded $108 million in refunds from Big Dig contractors, the first time his office has stated an amount it believes taxpayers are owed because of shoddy work. The demand was made in a Feb. 7 letter to the lawyer representing Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the private sector manager of the project, and the two-dozen smaller design firms supervised by the consortium........ The Globe reported in 2003 that cost recovery to that date had produced only $35,707 in refunds and found that cost-recovery efforts were neglected to the point of files being lost. February 11, 2006 Patrick led Reilly 2-to-1 in caucuses Worcester delegates stay in AG’s campState Democratic Party officials have confirmed that reports from both candidates in the Democratic race for governor and their own field reports show political newcomer Deval L. Patrick beat Attorney General Thomas P. Reilly by a 2-to-1 margin in delegates chosen in caucuses last weekend. State party
spokeswoman Cyndi Roy...... said enough information had come in from
the Patrick and Reilly campaigns to show that Mr. Patrick won about
two-thirds of the caucuses around the state. February 1, 2006 Boy oh boy, AG Reilly's campaign for governor gets each day. First, there was the whole brouhaha over his calls to Worcester County DA John Conte to keep the wraps on details of a fatal car crash involving the daughters of one of Reilly's friends. Then Reilly surprised everyone yesterday by jilting Chris Gabrieli and Worcester Mayor Tim Murray and choosing Dorchester State Rep. Marie St. Fleur as his running mate. January 25, 2006 Man charged under 'social host' law WARREN, Mass. --A Warren man has been arrested under the state's "social host" responsibility law in connection with a car accident that killed a 19-year-old woman, according to two published reports. Marc T. Holly, 46, allegedly was home when his teenage son and friends allegedly were drinking alcohol at his home on Dec. 29, police said. Among the friends were two 19-year-old women who left and later were involved in a fatal accident. January 10, 2006
Conte denies Reilly factor WORCESTER— A combative Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte reiterated yesterday that a call from Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly on behalf of a friend and campaign contributor who lost two daughters in a car crash Oct. 13 in Southboro did not influence his office’s investigation of the accident. January 8, 2006 Sisters’ deaths put Conte under klieg lightAG’s call to old ally DA at center of controversy Says AG's phone call had nothing to do with decision on charges The 75-year-old Conte, the longest-serving district attorney in the state, is commonly described by both friends and foes as reclusive. He did not respond to interview requests this week from The Associated Press. Conte’s opponents have started a Web site whose home page reads, “Not this time. ...We would like to see you seek retirement, not re-election.” January 7, 2006 DA DENIES REILLY INFLUENCE Says AG's phone call had nothing to do with decision on charges Worcester District Attorney John Conte says he has "no idea" why Attorney General Tom Reilly called him about an alcohol-related Northboro wreck that killed two sisters, and denied that the AG's call influenced his decision not to press charges against the 20-year-old party host. January 7, 2006 CRASH REPORT CITES ALCOHOL - ROMNEY, REILLY SWAP ACCUSATIONS ON CASE Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte said he has determined there is insufficient evidence to bring charges in the case. Northborough police said yesterday that they had closed the investigation after hearing from Conte. January 6, 2006 SIDEBAR: TIMELINE: DETAILS OF THE EVENING OF THE ACCIDENT Oct. 12: The night of the accident: Late November to early December: Detective Sergeant William Lyver called Assistant Worcester District Attorney Jeff Goldstein. Goldstein had tried to reach Lyver while the officer was on vacation. Goldstein asked whether the department was investigating the accident. Lyver said he told Goldstein the department was conducting an investigation and planned to file criminal complaints if it appeared that minors had been allowed to drink at the house. November 1, 2005 Speeding is ruled a factor in crash that killed sisters Southboro Police Chief William Webber said yesterday that a preliminary report from a state police accident reconstruction team found the Land Rover was traveling at 59 miles per hour when the driver "failed to negotiate a straight section of roadway and then traveled into the wrong lane." Police have not yet received results from toxicology tests. October 14, 2005 2 TEENAGE SISTERS DIE IN CRASH - 3D GIRL, 15, IS SERIOUSLY INJURED SOUTHBOROUGH Teenagers poured into Algonquin Regional High School yesterday with tears in their eyes. The tragedy, so early in the school year, hit them hard.Shauna Murphy, 17, of Southborough, and her sister, Meghan, 15, were well known for their athleticism and academic achievements. Both were killed when the sport utility vehicle in which they were riding slammed into a utility pole early yesterday morning on Northboro Road.
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A former
state prosecutor who left Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly’s
Worcester office two years ago is complaining that Mr. Reilly used
without her consent a group photograph in which she is pictured in a
television ad he has aired this month in his campaign for governor.
