I oppose the death penalty and have voted against its reinstitution in Massachusetts The death penalty wouldn’t make Massachusetts one bit safer. People who commit awful crimes are uniformly people who have little regard for the consequences of their actions — they will not be deterred by the threat of death. Also, as an experienced …
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
Drug policy — part I
Why do we send people to jail because of their addiction, when
treatment would be much less expensive?
Equality and humanity affirmed
I write to share a wonderful moment in the long march of human wisdom and to thank you again for electing me to play a part in it.