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Ransomware attacks: Not if, but when, agencies say By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff,July 15, 2019, 7:41 p.m. When he learned about a ransomware attack in March, Daniel Saroff didn’t sweat it. The chief information officer of Massachusetts’ public defender office Read more
The Boston Globe on May 28th editorialized in favor of Governor Baker’s recently filed legislation to revamp Massachusetts “Sexually Dangerous Persons” statute. The legislation was filed, in part, in response to the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in the case of Read more
Below is a link to an April 6, 2019 Boston Globe article regarding the problems DCF is having in finding placement for children. Also below is a link to an April 9, 2019 follow-up article. Michael Dsida, Deputy Chief Counsel Read more
Below is an article from an April 14, 2019 Patriot Ledger article about juveniles continuing to be shackled as they walk through the halls of Quincy District Court. Josh Dohan, Director of the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee Read more
Below are reports on criminal justice reform that were released by the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. Thank you to CPCS staff members Randy Gioia, AJ Blank, Beverly Chorbajian, Charu Verma and Norma Wassel and CPCS Panel Read more
The Social Law Library provides members with remote access to numerous online databases which include easy access to numerous bar journals, peer reviewed social science articles, and newspaper stories. Check out Gale Cengage Learning (“[a] multidisciplinary tool containing information on Read more
Victor Rosario is the 8th Person the CPCS Innocence Program has helped to free in the last 4 years. Victor, convicted of arson and 8 counts of second degree murder in connection with a 1982 Lowell fire, served 32 years Read more
Congratulations to Tania Snow of our YAD Roxbury office, who has been chosen as a Massachusetts Bar Association Academy Fellow. “Fellows are provided the opportunity to network, collaborate and build relationships with bar leaders; develop and enhance leadership skills important Read more
CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti was one of the guest speakers kicking off the United Ways’ Project Homeless Connect at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, MA on August 11, 2017. He explained to the more than Read more
INCREDIBLE! CONGRATULATIONS to our colleague, Atty. Lisa Kavanaugh, Director of the CPCS Innocence Program, and her co-counsel, Atty. Jeff Harris of the Boston law firm Good, Cormier, Schneider and Fried, on their victory in convincing the Commonwealth to vacate the Read more