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.
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
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”.
Senate Docket 792 is not my bill — I do not support Repeal of Marijuana Legalization
SD 792 was filed “by request” — it represents the views of one of my constituents, not my own views.
An Act to Reduce the Criminalization of Poverty
An Act to Reduce the Criminalization of Poverty is designed to stop the criminal justice system from dragging people deeper in by exacting unaffordable fees and fines and by creating civil disabilities that prevent people from working.