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SAVE THE DATE: 2008 CJPC Annual Meeting
When: October 23, 6-8 p.m.
Where: Boston University School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Ave. (12th floor Student Lounge)
What: Prof. Stanley Z. Fisher (B.U. School of Law), of the New England Innocence Project, addressing issues involved in exonerating the wrongfully convicted. Also, a review of the changes in Criminal Justice in the past year, and what to look forward to in the coming months.
Details can be found by clicking here.
Joel Pentlarge,
Interim Executive Director
617 426-5222 |
The End of the 2007-2008: Legislative Session
| The legislative session just completed realized only two significant bills coming out of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. The first, H. 4811, passed by the legislature on July 16th/17th and signed by the governor on July 24th, created several new sex offenses, increased penalties for other offenses, and codified the ability of the district attorney to obtain certain communication records by subpoena, without the requirement of a court-authorized warrant as required by the fourth amendment to the U.S. constitution. CJPC opposed all of the policies which this legislation embodied...MORE |
The Legislature Passes New Mandatory
Minimum Sentences for Some Sex Offenses
| Jessica’s Law was introduced in this legislative session as House Bill 1688 with Representative Karyn Polito, Republican of Shrewsbury, as the lead sponsor. At the hearing before the joint Committee on the Judiciary in November, former Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey made her first public appearance, since loosing the election for Governor, to speak in favor of the bill. This bill would have created state wide residency restrictions for many former sex offenders and new mandatory minimum sentences for many sex offenses. CJPC submitted written testimony opposing the residency restrictions and mandatory minimum sentences, because they are not an effective way of preventing sex offending, and are counterproductive to the goal of reintroducing former offenders into society as law abiding citizens...MORE |
Administrative Investigation
| The facts and circumstances surrounding the events which led to inmate John Geoghan’s death on August 23, 2003. |
New reports on Rates of Incarceration Nationwide and Rates of Recidivism in Massachusetts
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