Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

Falsified Fingerprint Evidence
My boyfriend was arrested for a misdemeanor for which the charges were later dropped and the police lied about fingerprinting him twice. Then they said the second set (they never took a second set) mysteriously matched a smudged latent print found at a felony crime scene where my boyfriend never was. The police officer who was their fingerprint ''expert'' (he admitted on the stand to having very little fingerprint training) lied about taking a second set, made up a fake second set and was the same officer who made the match. He never produced a picture during trial of where he took the latent prints from. Because jurors are not fingerprint experts my boyfriend was convicted. This was the only ''evidence'' they had, he didn't match the description of the person as given by three people. How do we and who do we get to investigate this officers wrong doing and my boyfriends wrongful conviction?

Asked on 1/12/09, 9:06 pm

henry lebensbaum Law Offices of Henry Lebensbaum (978-749-3606)

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Re: Falsified Fingerprint Evidence

Contact the police department's chief, or the manager or mayor of the town.

Answered on 1/19/09, 5:30 pm

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