In 1986, the novel Presumed Innocent took the nation by storm and began a trend of legal thrillers on bookstore shelves left and right. It is a story that combines a number of intriguing elements: a prosecutor being prosecuted, a secret adulterous affair with the victim, missing legal files, red herrings here and there, and a protagonist, Rozat “Rusty” Sabich, whose stand in this matter is ambiguous to the reader. Sabich is a deputy prosecutor who is assigned to take […]

Chun-Fai Chan is one of the five candidates vying to replace former District 6 City Councilor John Tobin a special election preliminary ballot Oct. 19.  District 6 encompasses West Roxbury, Jamaica Plan, Roslindale and Mission Hill. Chan is a long-term West Roxbury resident and high school teacher.  He and his family have deep roots in Boston Chinatown.  Chan shares with the Sampan about his vision for public education and his reasons for running. Sampan: Please tell our readers about yourself. […]