Who oversees parole in Mass? What motivates decisions? Does the outcome help the Commonwealth? It was quite a show in Room 157 of the Massachusetts State House last Wednesday. Not exactly a typical Governor’s Council hearing. It’s not usual … [Read more...]
BINJ REPORTING HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY
It's never easy to get the word out about our stories as a small local reporting incubator, especially since Facebook has been blocking us from boosting posts due to what the social media site claims is the overly political nature of our work. That's … [Read more...]
THE FIGHT FOR LIFE
The Bay State has a fraught history of sentencing people to serve life without parole. Now lawmakers have a chance to end the bad deal Beacon Hill made to trade the death penalty for natural life sentences. In 1997, after a string of gruesome … [Read more...]