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October 28, 2020 By JEAN TROUNSTINE

“COMPELLING” CASE MADE IN 5-PLUS HOUR COMMUTATION HEARING

“I cannot be silent when I helped to bring about the conviction of a man for the wrong crime”

Filed Under: Reporting Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Charlie Baker, commutation, criminal justice, doc, Mass DOC, news, parole board, prison reform, Thomas Koonce

July 14, 2020 By GRACE SYMES

PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO GAIN TRACTION AND RAISE OVERDUE QUESTIONS IN WHITE AREAS

Salem Black Lives Matter

“White allyship is basically shutting up for one minute of your life. It’s imperative to have people of color leading chants and leading the movement.”

Filed Under: Features, Reports Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, BPD, criminal justice, demonstrations, Facebook groups, George Floyd, news, news to us, North Shore, photos, police violence, prison reform, racism, Roxbury, South Shore, suburbs

July 10, 2020 By ZACK HUFFMAN

MASS STATE POLICE COMPROMISE HUNDREDS OF OUI CASES. AGAIN.

Massachusetts breathalyzer

“This is the dinosaur way of measuring blood alcohol concentration.”

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: breathalyzers, criminal justice, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, news, OUI, police, police reform, police spending, waste

May 19, 2020 By JEAN TROUNSTINE

REMOTE JUSTICE: ON TRIAL IN ZOOM COURT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Zoom Court

“It’s impossible to advocate for someone [in court] over the telephone. … Anything you say or your client says is heard by everyone.”

Filed Under: Features, Pandemic Democracy Project, Reports Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, criminal justice, features, Mass DOC, news, news to us, parole, prisoners, prisons, slider

April 24, 2020 By SARAH BETANCOURT

LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES PUSH FOR MORE COVID-19 DATA FROM PRISONS

Massachusetts prisons coronavirus

“It’s always helpful to have transparency in reporting data … Especially when we’re dealing with people’s health and safety, and when people are dying.”

Filed Under: Features, Pandemic Democracy Project Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, criminal justice, Department of Correction, doc, Health, Massachusetts, news, prison, prisoner, prisons, public health, Supreme Judicial Court

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