Boston Bombing Judge Becomes Target Over Miranda Rights
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A Harvard Medical School research assistant who has served as a U.S. judge for 23 years now finds herself at the center of the Boston Marathon bombing case, and by extension the post-Sept. 11 issue of whether, and when, suspected terrorists deserve constitutional rights.
Marianne Bowler, who also freelanced for magazines before going to law school, became a civil litigator for the Justice Department in the late 1970s. She put her background to use, specializing in personal injury cases, medical malpractice, swine flu and asbestos litigation, before eventually rising to be the second-most powerful federal prosecutor in Massachusetts.