Location: United States
Member Since:
Jan. 26, 2023
James J. Foley
Biography
James J Foley is an attorney and served as an assistant clerk magistrate in the Massachusetts court system for over forty years. During his career, he worked with the police on a daily basis, reviewing their requests for arrest warrants, criminal complaints, and search warrants. He issued arrest warrants or search warrants in over a hundred murder cases.
Mr. Foley served on criminal procedure committees advising the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and to the Massachusetts District Court. He was called upon to address statewide conferences of judges and other court personnel on developments in criminal law.
Mr. Foley was very involved in international outreach efforts and hosted judges, attorneys, professors, and public officials from over twenty countries at his courthouse.
He has traveled to every continent, writing travel articles about his journeys for the Boston Globe and other newspapers Mr. Foley is also a photographer and has had a number of exhibits of his photographs.
Mr. Foley served on criminal procedure committees advising the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and to the Massachusetts District Court. He was called upon to address statewide conferences of judges and other court personnel on developments in criminal law.
Mr. Foley was very involved in international outreach efforts and hosted judges, attorneys, professors, and public officials from over twenty countries at his courthouse.
He has traveled to every continent, writing travel articles about his journeys for the Boston Globe and other newspapers Mr. Foley is also a photographer and has had a number of exhibits of his photographs.
Where to buy in print
Books
A Blue Life: An Inside Look at Policing
by James J. Foley
Price:
$9.95 USD.
Words: 131,920.
Language:
English.
Published: January 26, 2023
by
SDP Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Law enforcement
In A Blue Life, author James J. Foley provides his firsthand account of what life is like for the Massachusetts police that he served alongside for more than 40 years as an attorney and assistant clerk-magistrate. The officers had to face armed assailants, investigate murder cases, deal with drug addicts, the mentally ill, and crooked cops, while navigating through a legacy of racism and sexism.