CPCS Hosts Its First Office Open House
On October 23, 2017, CPCS hosted an Open House at its offices at 40-44 Church Street, Lowell. It was the first in a series of such events that will be held at CPCS offices across the Commonwealth.
Category: General Counsel’s Office
Testimony of Deputy Chief Counsel Randy Gioia at Judiciary Hearing in Opposition to Wire Tap Law
On October 16, 2017, CPCS Deputy Chief Counsel Randy Gioia testified on behalf of CPCS before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in opposition to H.3671 – An Act Modernizing the Massachusetts Wire Tap Law, a bill filed by Governor Read more
Farak Press Conference
The Committee for Public Counsel Services and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts held a press conference on Thursday, November 30, 2017, in anticipation of the District Attorneys dismissing thousands of cases linked to Amherst State Chemist Sonia Farak’s Read more
Joint Statement by a Coalition of Organizations in Response to the DA’s Letter on the Criminal Justice Package
CPCS, along with more than a dozen advocacy organizations – including the ACLU of Massachusetts; Citizens for Juvenile Justice; CJPC; Coalition for Effective Public Safety; Digital Fourth; Greater Boston Interfaith Organization; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice; Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Massachusetts Law Read more
CPCS Joins Panel of Juvenile Justice Experts at Legislative Briefing
Director of Education Advocacy for the EdLaw Project at YAD, Marlies Spanjaard, joined a panel of other juvenile justice experts at a Legislative Briefing hosted by State Representative Kay Khan (D-Newton) and Senator Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) on September 19, 2017, Read more
CPCS Alerts Media of Petition Seeking Relief from Convictions Tainted by Amherst Lab Chemist and the Misconduct of Two Assistant Attorneys General
Upon filing a petition at the SJC that seeks relief for the thousands whose cases were tainted by Amherst Drug Lab Chemist Sonia Farak and further exacerbated by the misconduct of two assistant attorneys general, CPCS sent out the following Read more
Immigration Services Gets Support from Boston Mayor
Immigration Legal Services and Community Education on Immigration Services Gets Support from Boston Mayor On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh held a press conference to announce his plans to increase community education and legal services for immigration Read more
CPCS Weighs in on Protecting In-Person Visitations
CPCS Deputy Chief Counsel Randy Gioia testified on behalf of CPCS before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on September 13, 2017, in support of S.1278 – An Act Protecting In-Person Visitation for Inmates, a bill filed Read more
CPCS Stands Up for Veterans at Greater Boston Stand Down
(left to right): Atty. Dan Gaudet of the Quincy District Office, Atty. Tina Furey of the Quincy District Office, Atty. Sandra Gant of the Dedham Superior Court Office, Atty. Rosemarie Clinch of the Lowell CAFL Office, Atty. Jesse Bousquet, Jr. Read more
CPCS Continutes to Speak Out at a Number of Legislative Hearings
On June 13, 2017, CPCS Director of the Mental Health Litigation Division Mark Larsen testified before the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse on behalf of CPCS to support H.2406 – Civil Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons to Read more