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I’ve received hundreds of emails like the following from folks — mostly from outside the district that I represent, from all over the state and outside the state. As a law-abiding Second Amendment supporter in Massachusetts, I urge you to please support both Senate Bill 1316 and Senate Bill 1326. Both S.1316 and S.1326 seek to …
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Both branches gave resounding approval today to the criminal justice reform package that we’ve spent the past few months negotiating.
I spent last week in Germany, visiting prisons and courts to study how they handle young adults. The passionate commitment of our German hosts to rehabilitating young adults was inspiring.
Searchable section-by-section analysis of criminal justice reform package with links to bill sections.
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.
We reached final agreement and released today our criminal justice reform package.
