Senator Brownsberger will participate in a panel discussion on the impacts of Massachusetts’ CORI Reform on employment and recidivism rates at the John Adams Courthouse on Tuesday, March 21 from 8:30 – 10:30 AM. This event is free and open to the public.
Justice
animal welfare, civil law and procedure, criminal law, disability, drug policy, family law, freedom of speech, guardianship, gun violence, housing law, immigration, indigenous agenda, lgbtq rights, policing, privacy, sexual child abuse, terrorism, women's rights
Criminal Justice Reform in 2017-18 Session
My ongoing top priority as Senate Chair of the Judiciary Committee is criminal justice reform.
Senate Resolution Regarding recent Executive Order on Immigration
Yesterday, the Massachusetts Senate adopted this resolution, which I was pleased to support. In the discussion around the vote, one of the most moving statements came from a new member of the Senate, Adam Hinds, who served for a number of years in Syria and Iraq for the UN.
Join Senator Brownsberger at the Criminal Justice Reform in MA Conference on 2/21
The Rappaport Center for Law & Public Policy at Boston College Law School will host a free one-day conference on Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts on Tuesday, February 21 that is open to the public.
ACLU’s Legal Intake Line
Senator Brownsberger’s office has received several calls asking how constituents can support families in the Senator’s district impacted by President Trump’s executive order relative to immigrants and refugees. For families seeking legal assistance, the ACLU of Massachusetts’s legal intake line is staffed Monday through Friday from 9-5: 617-482-3170 x100. A letter can also be faxed …
Keeping Communities Safe
The events of the last few days make clear that we should expect rapid change, arbitrary harshness and continuing confusion in federal immigration policy.
That makes it essential that Massachusetts define its own clear policies as to the role of local and state criminal justice authorities in enforcing federal immigration policy. That is why I intend to sign on as a cosponsor of the “the Safe Communities Act”.