Suffolk County District Attorney Rollins Fulfills An Office Promise Made 26 Years Ago

Boston MA

20 December, 2021

5:15 AM

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Press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney: December 7, 2021 BOSTON, December 7, 2021 — Saying "there is no statute of limitations on truth,'' District Attorney Rachael Rollins yesterday wrote the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to support a U Visa for Alford Clarke, 48, who was deported to Jamaica in 1995 shortly after testifying in the murder trial of the man charged with killing his brother. In her letter, DA Rollins said Clarke was promised that the District Attorney's Office would support his effort to remain in the US, as did disgraced former Boston Police Det. John Brazil, because of the service he provided to the Commonwealth by testifying against James Lucien, who was convicted of murdering Ryan Edwards -- Clarke's brother. This press release was produced by the Suffolk County District Attorney. The views expressed here are the author's own.