Searchable section-by-section analysis of criminal justice reform package with links to bill sections.
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Commentary: Criminal justice reform legislation a turning point for Massachusetts
Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz shares an op-ed in the Dorchester Reporter about the criminal justice reform bill filed by the conference committee.
House, Senate reach final iteration of sweeping criminal justice bill
Coverage of the conference committee’s filing of their compromise criminal justice reform bill by The Daily Free Press.
Reform allies say criminal justice bill includes ‘real positives’
The State House News Service examines the criminal justice reform package passed by the legislature, including reactions from local advocates via the Dorchester Reporter.
Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Crimes
Mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes are a hot button issue in the conversation about criminal justice reform. Here is an explanation of the issue and how we treat it in the final criminal justice reform package signed by the Governor on April 13, 2018.
Negotiators file compromise criminal justice reform bill
State House News Service coverage of the conference committee on criminal justice reform compromise via Newburyport News.