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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.”
Miley Cyrus released her studio album “Plastic Hearts” on Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Miley Cyrus’ ‘Plastic Hearts’ takes musical samples and leaps

David Simon November 29, 2020

“Plastic Hearts,” released Friday, represents a return to form for Miley Cyrus. For the past decade, she had cycled genres between albums — from the hip-hop stylings on 2013’s “Bangerz”...

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Politics Philosophized: The end of slavery — Part 2

Max Ferrandino October 27, 2020
It is a common belief that slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment, but a closer look at Section One of this amendment will disprove that idea.
EDITORIAL: Prison labor should be a form of rehabilitation, not punishment

EDITORIAL: Prison labor should be a form of rehabilitation, not punishment

Editors September 28, 2020
The prison system is not designed to address crime. It is simply a revolving door: the people who come in are never truly offered a way out, even after release.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that prisoners awaiting trial or being held on probation or parole violation will be released from custody in order to reduce the prison population and prevent the spread of the coronavirus in correctional facilities. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Some Massachusetts prisoners being released amid coronavirus concerns

Katarzyna Jezak April 7, 2020
Some Massachusetts prisoners will be eligible for release from state custody in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities, according to a new ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
EDITORIAL: Pope's words should be separate from politics

EDITORIAL: Pope’s words should be separate from politics

Editors February 22, 2016

The pope has spoken, and he may be speaking too much. Pope Francis spoke to the public and urged world leaders to improve conditions for inmates and abolish capital punishment at Sunday’s gathering in...

BU grad Matt Trevithick one of five U.S. prisoners released from Iran

BU grad Matt Trevithick one of five U.S. prisoners released from Iran

Weihua Li January 16, 2016

Boston University alumnus Matt Trevithick was among four other captives released from prison in Iran, according to BU spokesman Colin Riley. Trevithick, a 2008 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences,...

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