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A young woman who was facing the possibility of a lifetime behind bars was sentenced last week to seven to eight years in state prison after strong, zealous advocacy from an interdivisional team of Committee for Public Counsel Service attorneys, Read more
As part of our continuing effort to modernize technology and improve our cyber-security protection, we are replacing spam-filtering software, SpamTitan, with Barracuda Email Security Service. This will occur Wednesday, October 30th, 2019. Recommended: This four minute YouTube video is the easiest Read more
FY 2019 Supplemental Budget Pending in Legislature
Approval of minutes of the September 18, 2019 meeting Amicus Request(s) Doe No. 234076 v. SORB, SJC-12762 Healy v. Cruz, SJC-12722 Commonwealth v. Steven Velasquez, SJC-12788 Commonwealth v. Zaky Shaban, FAR-27090 (approved by Executive Committee – reporting only) Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 Read more
A.F.-C., A Juvenile v. Commonwealth, SJC-12790 The Youth Advocacy Division (YAD) and the Alternative Commitment and Registration Support Unit jointly sought permission to file an amicus brief in the above case, in which the Single Justice reserved and reported the Read more
We received this flyer from Professor Emeritus Michael Avery, Suffolk University Law School, who now lives in Louisiana and continues his work on police misconduct, in part by chairing the board for the National Police Accountability Project that is celebrating Read more
Agency staff sometimes receive emails that look like they are coming from other staff members. This is a classic form of phishing attack. See these examples with the tip-offs that they are bad. Also, at the end are also some Read more
All meetings will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month except where noted January 16 January 15 – starting at 11:00 a.m.February 20 February 26 (Tuesday)March 20April 17May 15June 19July 17August — Read more
Commonwealth v. Jason McCarthy, SJC-12750 The Supreme Judicial Court solicited amicus briefs on the following: Whether either a search warrant or a court order is required before obtaining license plate recognition (ALPR) data collected from fixed points for a particular Read more
Approval of minutes of the July 17, 2019 meeting Amicus Request – A.F.-C., A Juvenile v. Commonwealth, SJC-12790 Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 and Over Report Chief Counsel Report Executive Session