Now that Marijuana has been legalized in Massachusetts District Attorney’s have begun the process for expunging marijuana convictions from your criminal record. SPREAD THE WORD. PASS ON THE INFORMATION. SHARE!!!
Celebrate 20 years of the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition
Are you a resident, professional/student, or activist in Boston who is interested in social and racial justice?
Formerly incarcerated women and allies from across the country creating change
At a time when many states are moving to repeal or amend their “three strikes” laws in order to take a more balanced approach to public safety, Massachusetts has inexplicably chosen to move in the “wrong direction.” The report offers a detailed analysis of the most problematic provisions of the bills that are almost certain to cost taxpayers far more than originally estimated, increase the likelihood of unnecessarily lengthy prison sentences for low-level offenders, further burden an already severely overcrowded prison system—putting employees and prisoners at risk—and divert precious state resources away from education, basic services, infrastructure improvement, and job creation. The legislation will almost certainly further exacerbate the stark racial disparities that characterize the state’s prison population.
Forum on Commutation and Parole in Massachusetts Wednesday May 16, 2012 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Harvard Law School Langdell Hall North 1545 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Speakers include: Professor Margaret Burnham, Mel King, Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Harold Adams, Jamie Bissonette, Candace Kochin, Patty Garin, Robert Gittens, Gail Hall, Rev. Michael Haynes, Sheila Hubbard, Pamela Lombardini, Bob Romanow, Leslie Walker, Josh Wall, Tina Williams, Gavi Wolfe, Andrea Goode-James For more information and to pre-register (strongly recommended): call (617) 495-8285 or email to houstonevents@law.harvard.edu. Free and open to the community Sponsored by: Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Through Barbed Wire, Coalition for Effective Public Safety, A.C.L.U. of Massachusetts, Community Change Inc., Families for Justice as Healing, Jericho Boston, Community Church of Boston, American Friends Service Committee, Judge R L Banks Community Justice Program, Prisoners’ Legal Services, Northeastern University School of Law Prisoners’ Assistance Project, Criminal Justice Policy Coalition.
