Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. TO: Committee on the Judiciary FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: S627, An Act relative to the penalty for vandalism DATE: July 9, 2013 I am writing in support of S627, An Act relative to the penalty for vandalism. This …
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Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. TO: Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: S52, An Act promoting restorative justice practices DATE: July 9, 2013 I write in support of S52, An Act promoting restorative …
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Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. TO: Joint Committee on the Judiciary FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: Senate Bill 631, An Act decriminalizing non-violent and verbal student misconduct DATE: July 8, 2013 I am writing in favor of S631, An Act decriminalizing non-violent and verbal …
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Once again Boston Federal Prosecutor Carmen Ortiz has overreached and ruined the life yet another promising young man. When Internet prodigy Aaron Schwartz downloaded 4 million academic articles from the JSTORE site (legally, with a guest login at MIT), she (with MIT’s backing) threw the book at him, charging him with 13 dubious felony charges …
The Governor signed the sentencing bill this morning. I am very hopeful, based on statements that many in leadership positions have made, that we will continue to work on these issues in the next session.
Over the past week, both branches of the legislature approved a compromise sentencing bill. The compromise is a very thoughtful improvement over the bill that I voted against last November, but it leaves much to be done.
