Description: Failure of juvenile justice system as seen through case of Daniel LaPlante, accused of triple murder in Townsend as well as previous violent offenses. Weaknesses of DYS detention - courts interface.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/04/1987
Description: Daniel Lam announces candidacy for state representative.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/07/1990
Description: Dante Johnson is committed to DYS and then set free again on his lawyer's appeal. Victim's mother sits in back of juvenile courtroom and in hallway.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/09/1990
Description: Dante Johnson, who as a juvenile killed a youth, is discharged from state custody because expert witnesses testify he is not mentally ill. Mother of victim listens in court, yells & throws purse at him.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/18/1990
Description: Dante Johnson, convicted of murder as a juvenile, is detained despite technicality which would set him free as an adult. Higher court then orders him released. Edward Loughran, Judge Mark Lawton.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/24/1990
Description: Families of mentally ill people plead at public hearing for Danvers State to remain open. Patients in vocational workshop. Hospital buildings and grounds. David Forsberg says institutional funds must be cut.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/09/1991
Description: Dapper O'Neil visits Mapplethorpe exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, to judge for himself if photos are obscene. David Ross, the museum director, greets him. Dapper takes notes on the pictures, is disgusted, threatens city council action. Interview with Dappy and an argument between Ross and Dapper over whether the city council has authority to censor ICA exhibit, since ICA is owned by BRA. B-roll follows of exteriors of ICA, police and crowds waiting for entrance, opening of the exhibit, chanting, free speech protest outside museum.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1990
Description: Interview with Albert "Dapper" O'Neil during his run for Suffolk County sheriff. He accuses his oppenent of corruption and complains that no Boston newspapers will report the negative allegations he has made against his opponent. He discusses his plan to make the sheriff's department more visible and says "I'm a law and order man." He discusses his plan for the Charles St. Jail. He defends the office of the sheriff in the face of claims that the state should take over its responsibilities. He accuses the current sheriff of patronage and speaks against it in his campaign. He expresses his conservatism against the liberalism of the current sheriff., which includes his position against furloughs and halfway houses. He explains how he got the nickname "Dapper." He explains why he thinks former mayor and governor James Curley is the greatest man that ever lived. Video dropout in the middle of the video.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1978
Description: Photos of Albert Dapper O'Neil.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1978
Description: Phoenix reporter says Darryl Whiting wants to be boss of Boston gangs, and that his Dorchester recreation club is a center for drug dealing. Whiting denies it.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/16/1990