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For Immediate Release Media Contact: Lisa Hewitt 617-512-1248 │[email protected] CPCS Decries Actions by BMC Judge Richard Sinnott as Abuse of Judicial Power Anthony Benedetti, Chief Counsel of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (the Statewide Public Defender’s office) commented on Read more
Lisa Kavanaugh – CPCS Innocence Program explains the importance of this decision. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2019/05/23/massachusetts-high-court-says-poor-evidence-storage-endangers-fairness-of-justice-system
WBUR welcomed the following guests: William Gross, Boston Police CommissionerRachel Rollins, Suffolk County District AttorneyStephen Tompkins, Suffolk County Sheriff Please click here to listen to the program.
Please read the article by Eric T. Berkman of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding evidence seized during a warrantless entry. The article can be found here.
CPCS General Counsel Lisa Hewitt was among the many government attorneys who participated in Government Lawyers Networking Night, hosted by Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and the Women’s Bar Association. The event celebrated 40 years of the Women’s Bar Association’s Read more
The Committee for Public Counsel Services, CPCS Attorney Rebecca A. Jacobstein, Esquire and CPCS Attorney Benjamin H. Keehn appearing on behalf of CPCS, is seeking remedies for prosecutorial misconduct in connection with drug convictions in Massachusetts relating to wrongdoing by Read more
The last few months have been busy both at the Court and at the State House. To catch up on all that has happened visit the following sites to read articles that cover the Amherst Drug Lab (Farak) case and Read more
In recognition of the 55th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, CPCS held an informational forum for Legislators and their staff on Gideon and the right to counsel at the Massachusetts State House on Read more
CPCS Atty. Rebecca Jacobstein asked the Court to dismiss all cases that were tested at the Amherst Lab. CPCS, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Fick & Marx LLP have requested remedies that would provide relief to thousands of defendants affected Read more
On March 15, 2018, the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Immigration Impact Unit, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (LCCR) and Greater Boston Legal Services filed a petition in the Commonwealth’s highest court, seeking a “writ Read more