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The Sheriff of Nottingham’s spirit is alive and well in Western Mass
Civil asset forfeiture laws allow police and prosecutors to enrich themselves by seizing cash and cars with little due process
Andrew Quemere
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Don’t be fooled: No-cost calls for incarcerated people is good policy
No-cost call policies in prisons have been wildly successful. Don’t let sheriffs — and their media minions — fool you.
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A Decade of Running to Free the Innocent
Advocates in Massachusetts celebrate 10 years of using running to help free wrongfully convicted people from prison
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Above the Public Records Law: the Mass State Police and transparency
Will anyone ever hold the Mass State Police accountable for hiding information from the public?
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Adding Insult to Wrongful Incarceration
Massachusetts limits compensation for victims of wrongful convictions to $1 million. Advocates want to change that—but some lawmakers are seeking a compromise that would put more people behind bars.
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Wednesday is Wrongful Conviction Day
Advocates will gather at the State House to raise awareness of wrongful convictions
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Rehabilitating the reputation of a bigoted creep
Why run a puff piece about a toxic far-right demagogue that provides no context and presents her as an “inspirational” figure trying to help out her community?
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Half the story: The shortcomings of Mass police reform
Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.”
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VIDEO: Is James Carver Innocent?
James Carver was sentenced to life in prison for setting a deadly fire. Is he innocent?
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40 Years Ago, 15 People Perished in One of Massachusetts’s Deadliest Fires
“[T]he memory of the fire and its victims is seared into the brains of those who lived through it”
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Judge Hears Arguments About Whether to Overturn Man’s 34-Year-Old Murder Convictions
James Carver was convicted of setting a fire that killed 15 people — but his lawyers say they have scientific evidence that proves he is innocent
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After losing police records appeal, Bristol DA ordered to pay man’s legal fees
The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office is on the hook for more legal fees after withholding public records about a deadly police shooting