Coverage of the conference committee’s filing of their compromise criminal justice reform bill by The Daily Free Press.
Yearly Archives: 2018
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.
Moving past ‘punishment mode,’ Massachusetts House and Senate agree on criminal justice overhaul
Coverage of the conference committee on criminal justice reform compromise via MassLive
Mass. Legislature reveals final criminal justice package
Coverage of the conference committee on criminal justice reform compromise via The Boston Globe.