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This year Massachusetts voters will head to the polls to decide whether four initiative petitions will become law. In Massachusetts, the Secretary of the Commonwealth‘s Office publishes and distributes a voter guide, which contains information on each question. There is a summary of the proposed law, which is written by the Attorney General’s Office; an explanation of a …
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Shared parenting makes sense, but there is no consensus on whether our divorce law needs to be changed.
Will One issue which has come up in the Police Shooting in Minnesota is that the officer involved privately took several additional training courses with or without the permission of his department from an outfit that is known for teaching police to be paranoid of situations and to react rather than to think. I believe …
Does Mass law permit first responders to give basic care to pets in fires, accidents and other emergencies? Could we follow Ohio’s lead (unless we already allow this)? http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cddaaafd650d43189c61cfd996c5c400/new-law-supports-first-responders-who-treat-injured-pets
Will I wonder if Massachusetts has a similar system as California where a representative of the Probation or Corrections department is responsible for interviewing researching and making a post sentencing recommendation to the Judge when deciding what sentence is to be imposed on a convicted person? If so does the Commonwealth have a legal framework …
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The approach we have taken is right, simple and consistent with American fundamental values. It will, in a few years, become completely ordinary, as it should be.
