#ScottHanright received a 360yr sentence at age 19 for crimes committed by another man via unjust #felonymurder. Later, MA abolished this law.
@MACourts state the revisions are “in conflict with the reasoning in the courts unanimous opinion” regarding Scott’s case. Read more👇🏻
Thank you @iamjohnoliver for your segment on #felonymurder which has been affecting my husband since he was 19. These conversations are so important.
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Thank you @MAAPMass for organizing against the criminalization of unhoused people. Use their toolkit to ask that Mayor Wu invest in the evidence-based, self-identified solutions of unhoused community members instead! Get involved at https://t.co/bZdClBW9qe
What harm, exactly, is caused by allowing students to protest on a college campus? If people cannot protest there, can people protest anywhere? @yale: hands off the students! @justinelicker: stop the arrests!
MA SJC state revision was needed to “vanquish the FICTION OF CONSTRUCTIVE MALICE” to “yield verdicts that are just & fair.” @MACourts recognized these cases would’ve been tried differently now that proof of murderous intent is required, but will not make the changes retroactive.
W/ @MACorrections Commissioner’s retirement I’m calling on @MassGovernor to commit th/ next DOC leader guarantees education for all incarcerated, ends structural racism, provides comprehensive re-entry services & improves living conditions & healthcare https://t.co/xC5RUtFWRS 2/2
A Massachusetts man is accused of kidnapping children after he allegedly trapped two girls in a church bathroom over the weekend, according to police. https://t.co/yDvODR0nFL
This is so sad and heartbreaking.
Why are we allowing young people to be sentenced to LWOP???
Life Course Theory teaches that people who commit a crime at a young age typically have a life event that changes their trajectory!!!
@RitaMscj @MassGovernor@PLSMA@MassAGO Got it, thank you! Do you recommend having a lawyer? We’re not able to afford one so we are anxious about that part.