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• • The Appointment and Training of Clerk Magistrates and Assistant Clerk Magistrates (0)
  • Anne Johnson Landry
  • November 1st, 2018
  A recent Boston Globe Spotlight story highlighted the court system's use of clerk magistrates to oversee show cause hearings, closed-door proceedings in which clerk magistrates determine whether to press forward with charges against an individual, raising concerns about transparency and equity in the judicial process.
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• • Criminal Justice Oversight Commissions (0)
  • Ava Callender Concepcion
  • September 10th, 2018
  The following chart provides an inventory of the commissions and task forces created pursuant to the new criminal justice reform law.
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• • Bibliography on the Reliability of Renewable Energy- prepared by Nathalie Hansen (0)
  • Anne Johnson Landry
  • August 8th, 2018
  Nathalie Hansen, an intern in Senator Brownsberger's office, prepared the bibliography below. Sources on the Reliability of Renewable Energy
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• • Link: Lawmakers move to repeal Valor Act (0)
  • Ava Callender Concepcion
  • July 27th, 2018
  Legislative leaders moved Wednesday to repeal the state’s controversial Valor Act and replace it with a far more narrow measure intended to close loopholes that allowed some veterans to avoid criminal charges, including assaults on women, by citing their military service, reports the Boston Globe.    
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