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demonstrator holds a stop the hate sign at a stop asian hate rally in boston common

State lawmakers call for clearer definition of hate crimes

Colbi Edmonds March 30, 2021
A proposed bill looks to create a clearer definition and punishment of a hate crime in the state.
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EDITORIAL: Despite severity, the Boston Marathon bomber’s actions don’t justify the immorality of capital punishment

Editors March 23, 2021
The death penalty is immoral and an amplifier of existing racial inequities in our judicial system.
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COVID-19 exacerbates Massachusetts DOC health care shortcomings

Colbi Edmonds March 11, 2021
Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”
Max Ferrandino

Politics Philosophized: Addressing partisan politics in the Supreme Court is more complicated than it seems

Max Ferrandino October 2, 2020
There are two viable options for altering the future state of the Supreme Court: setting term limits and court packing.
EDITORIAL: Robert Kraft case illuminates ethical dilemma around surveillance

EDITORIAL: Robert Kraft case illuminates ethical dilemma around surveillance

Editors September 22, 2020
Prosecutors decided not to appeal a court ruling that disqualifies video evidence allegedly showing Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, paying for sexual acts in a Florida massage parlor. Was the police surveillance justifiable? Not exactly.
EDITORIAL: Increased U.S. exonerations show need for reform

EDITORIAL: Increased U.S. exonerations show need for reform

Editors February 4, 2016

Sometimes the guilty aren’t always so guilty. A record of 149 exonerations occurred in 2015, according to a recent report from The National Registry of Exonerations. Of those exonerations, two-thirds...

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