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House leaders release their own version of the criminal justice reform bill Monday. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

House takes more lenient approach to criminal justice reform

Laura Al Bast November 9, 2017

  Following the Massachusetts Senate's passage of a hotly debated bill aimed at overhauling the state’s criminal justice system last month, House leaders set grounds for debate with the introduction...

Massachusetts Senate passes a final version of the sweeping criminal justice reform bill. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Senate passes criminal justice reform legislation after overnight debate

Sarika Ram November 3, 2017

The Massachusetts Senate passed a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill Friday morning which has been under consideration in various forms for the past three years. This legislation, An Act...

Massachusetts State Senator Karen Spilka proposes having a third gender option on state issued IDs. PHOTO

Massachusetts proposes bill to add third gender identity to state-issued IDs

Anu Sawhney October 31, 2017

A new bill proposed in Massachusetts could make it possible for residents to choose a third gender option, “X,” when being issued state identification. If the legislation passes, Massachusetts...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts reviews and reforms criminal justice laws. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Pending legislation evaluates drug incarceration, statutory rape laws

Sarika Ram October 25, 2017

The Massachusetts legislature is currently drafting comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation, which has been long-awaited by reform advocates. The purpose of wide-ranging criminal justice...

Four Massachusetts churches are suing over a new law that prohibits discrimination against transgender people in public spaces such as church bathrooms. PHOTO BY L.E. CHARLES/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Mass. churches sue over anti-discrimination law

Ashley Griffin October 16, 2016

Four Massachusetts churches filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in response to an amendment that regulates the...

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